If Week 5 did not come with the 3-1 Dallas Cowboys squaring off in opposition to the 4-0 San Francisco 49ers, the New York Jets touring to face the Denver Broncos would have ranked as in all probability the juiciest matchup, without reference to data (each groups entered the sport 1-3).Â
This offseason, new Broncos head trainer Sean Payton ripped his predecessor, Nathaniel Hackett — the present Jets offensive coordinator who used to be fired in his first season as Denver’s head trainer after a 4-11 get started. Payton referred to as Hackett’s run in 2022 “maybe one of the worst coaching jobs in the history of the NFL.”
That made Sunday’s sport between the 2 groups private, and the Jets prevailed, 31-21, largely due to operating again Breece Hall, who rushed for 177 yards, together with a 72-yard rating, on 22 carries.
All of the workforce’s avid gamers and coaches had been totally acutely aware of Payton’s feedback, as virtually everybody at the sideline made their far more than to Hackett for hugs and handshakes after the sport. Head trainer Robert Saleh additionally venerated Hackett by giving him a game ball.
Injured Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who labored with Hackett for 3 seasons with the Green Bay Packers when Hackett used to be Green Bay’s offensive coordinator, tweeted out his reinforce of Hackett proper after the sport concluded. Star cornerback Sauce Gardner used to be additionally obviously amped up after the win.
New York received the turnover fight by one, forcing 3 whilst most effective committing two. Shortly after the win, Gang Green’s social media workforce had jokes in a position to roll.
The Jets social workforce did not forestall there, then again. Payton had some distinctive regulations for his starters right through the preseason: no setting out their uniforms after they had been executed taking part in, no sun shades, no bucket hats and no interviews right through the sport. The Jets posted an image in their best receiver, Garrett Wilson, violating all of the ones regulations again within the preseason in a while after their sport in Week 5 went ultimate on Sunday.
Safe to say Payton will have to steer clear of social media for the following couple of days.Â