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Report: Jets coach Robert Saleh gets into 'very heated' conversation with owner Woody Johnson

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New York Jets coach Robert Saleh and owner Woody Johnson got into it at the NFL owners meeting. Colleen Wolfe of the NFL Network appeared on Around the NFL to share details of the incident.

“At the owner’s meetings, there was a very heated conversation between Woody and Robert Saleh,” Wolfe said, “to the point where it was a little awkward.” It’s not clear why the two were going after each other as Wolfe added, “what were they arguing about?” Wolfe then said the incident happened at the party on Tuesday night.

“Maybe they were disagreeing on how they like their steak cooked,” Wolfe joked. “Doubt that, though.” Wolf then stressed that it was not an argument but just a “heated discussion.”

The 2023 season was not a memorable one for the Jets. After quarterback Aaron Rodgers went down with an Achilles injury during the season opener, the Jets struggled at the quarterback position and finished the season with a 7-10 record for the second consecutive year. 2024 does look promising because Rodgers should be ready to go when the team begins offseason workouts.

“As you guys know, OTAs has become a 7-on-7 camp,” Saleh told reporters this week, per the Jets’ official website. “And that should mean he will be able to do all that stuff. But, as we get closer, and we are the next couple of weeks, we will communicate more with him.”

The Jets also bolstered their offense with the signing of wide receiver Mike Williams who is recovering from an ACL injury he suffered last year as a member of the Los Angeles Chargers.

“He’s got a long way to go,” Saleh said about Williams’ recovery from injury. “He’s on the same timeline that Breece [Hall] had. They’re very similar injuries, same timeframe. Speaking with Mike, he knows he’s got a road to trek, but at the same time, if he does it the right way, we’re very confident that we’ll have them ready for Week 1.”

Saleh is entering his fourth season as the Jets head coach. He has yet to record a winning season, and the Jets have finished no better than third place in the AFC East in the last three seasons. Saleh was previously the defensive coordinator of the San Francisco 49ers from 2017 to 2020. He won a Super Bowl as a member of the Seattle Seahawks coaching staff during the 2013 season.