We managed to get in contact in an exclusive interview with the Lombardi Trophy that sits contained in the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center. He asked to be identified as Lombardi:
The Post: How was your offseason?
Lombardi: Same as many of the last 50-plus offseasons since January 12, 1969, to be honest with you.
What do you mean?
Well, as you already know, I guaranteed that Broadway Joe would repeat and win Super Bowl IV, and do I actually should talk again concerning the Mud Bowl and the 2009-2010 AFC Championship games?
You forgot Parcells coming up short within the 1998 AFC Championship game against Elway.
Please stop.
Sorry. Couldn’t resist (lol). OK let’s talk concerning the 2024 Jets.
Yes, let’s.
Super Bowl-or-Bust?
I’m uninterested in standing here by myself. And I’m not as young as I was once.
Are you optimistic?
Cautiously optimistic. More optimistic with Aaron than I used to be with Zach.
I’d hope so!
He looks good too. Walked by me and looked 100%. Seems refreshed and rejuvenated. Began telling me about his Egypt trip but then he needed to take a call from RFK Jr.
Uh oh.
Not frightened. Nothing to see there. He’s busy flushing the BS out of the constructing.
Hate to be a killjoy before training camp even begins, but when he doesn’t win, and win big, your GM and head coach can be flushed out of the constructing.
You actually know the right way to hurt a man.
It’s essential to have heard Parcells saying that you just are what your record says you might be, and Robert Saleh sports an 18-33 record. That’s a .353 winning percentage.
I do know, I do know. But he’s such a pleasant man. The players love him, especially the defensive guys. I all the time see him walking by me with a smile and a “Positive Vibes Only” T-shirt.
Has he thrown out all those receipts he said he was keeping?
Are you attempting to be a sensible ass?
In fact I’m. Do you actually think he can lead your team to the playoffs … much less a Super Bowl?
What are you attempting to intimate? That as a head coach, he’s one heckuva defensive coordinator?
Your words, not mine.
So long as Aaron is comfortable with him, I’m comfortable with him.
And Hackett?
And Hackett.
I’ll admit that the division appears wide open. It’s hard to imagine that your Jets have gone 13 consecutive seasons without making the playoffs.
You’re just piling on now, aren’t you?
By no means, Lombardi. I haven’t even mentioned the name Kotite!
Funny. Real funny. That is the 12 months, GODDAMIT! Douglas will get Haason Reddick signed, and after I take a look at that defense, I can’t help but see the ’85 Bears. Quinnen, C.J., Sauce, D.J., Jermaine, Will McDonald’s second-year leap …
I see you’ve by some means retained your humorousness.
And Breece is totally healthy and able to be Breece The Beast. And all of us understand how good Garrett can be with Aaron targeting him. Aaron has all the time compared Garrett to Davante.
Oh I meant to ask you about Davante. Aaron wants him as a teammate again.
You higher imagine I would like him, too. Davante and Garrett, pick your poison. If we’re going all in on this season, the hell with the long run, let’s go get Davante.
The Raiders are saying they wish to keep him.
I’ll wait until the trade deadline if I actually have to.
Concerned about Mike Williams?
I’m concerned about all the fellows with injury histories … especially Tyron … I’ve seen this movie before, remember.
The movie where your future Hall of Fame quarterback tears his Achilles 4 plays into opening night?
Here’s my Benigno imitation, tell me what you’re thinking that — “Oh, the pain!”
Pretty good.
Joe D was smart drafting Fashanu as insurance for Tyron and Morgan. Then again, a component of me wanted Bowers as insurance for Big Mike.
Joe D made the fitting pick. Conklin and Ruckert are not any slouches. And Tyron might be one-and-done. If Rodgers decides to return in 2025, he’ll know he’ll have his blindside protector.
I still can’t imagine Zach was so bad. But hey, at the very least he didn’t throw you right into a locker.
You actually know the right way to hurt a man, Lombardi. What’s your prediction?
What’s yours?
Super Bowl.
Wiseass.
10-7, but I reserve the fitting to vary my mind. Your prediction, Lombardi?
Super Bowl. Aaron hoisting the trophy. Bringing it home, to the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center. Do you remember the song “I’ve Been Lonely Too Long”?
The Young Rascals!
I’ve been lonely too long.
Yes you might have, Lombardi. Yes you might have.
We managed to get in contact in an exclusive interview with the Lombardi Trophy that sits contained in the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center. He asked to be identified as Lombardi:
The Post: How was your offseason?
Lombardi: Same as many of the last 50-plus offseasons since January 12, 1969, to be honest with you.
What do you mean?
Well, as you already know, I guaranteed that Broadway Joe would repeat and win Super Bowl IV, and do I actually should talk again concerning the Mud Bowl and the 2009-2010 AFC Championship games?
You forgot Parcells coming up short within the 1998 AFC Championship game against Elway.
Please stop.
Sorry. Couldn’t resist (lol). OK let’s talk concerning the 2024 Jets.
Yes, let’s.
Super Bowl-or-Bust?
I’m uninterested in standing here by myself. And I’m not as young as I was once.
Are you optimistic?
Cautiously optimistic. More optimistic with Aaron than I used to be with Zach.
I’d hope so!
He looks good too. Walked by me and looked 100%. Seems refreshed and rejuvenated. Began telling me about his Egypt trip but then he needed to take a call from RFK Jr.
Uh oh.
Not frightened. Nothing to see there. He’s busy flushing the BS out of the constructing.
Hate to be a killjoy before training camp even begins, but when he doesn’t win, and win big, your GM and head coach can be flushed out of the constructing.
You actually know the right way to hurt a man.
It’s essential to have heard Parcells saying that you just are what your record says you might be, and Robert Saleh sports an 18-33 record. That’s a .353 winning percentage.
I do know, I do know. But he’s such a pleasant man. The players love him, especially the defensive guys. I all the time see him walking by me with a smile and a “Positive Vibes Only” T-shirt.
Has he thrown out all those receipts he said he was keeping?
Are you attempting to be a sensible ass?
In fact I’m. Do you actually think he can lead your team to the playoffs … much less a Super Bowl?
What are you attempting to intimate? That as a head coach, he’s one heckuva defensive coordinator?
Your words, not mine.
So long as Aaron is comfortable with him, I’m comfortable with him.
And Hackett?
And Hackett.
I’ll admit that the division appears wide open. It’s hard to imagine that your Jets have gone 13 consecutive seasons without making the playoffs.
You’re just piling on now, aren’t you?
By no means, Lombardi. I haven’t even mentioned the name Kotite!
Funny. Real funny. That is the 12 months, GODDAMIT! Douglas will get Haason Reddick signed, and after I take a look at that defense, I can’t help but see the ’85 Bears. Quinnen, C.J., Sauce, D.J., Jermaine, Will McDonald’s second-year leap …
I see you’ve by some means retained your humorousness.
And Breece is totally healthy and able to be Breece The Beast. And all of us understand how good Garrett can be with Aaron targeting him. Aaron has all the time compared Garrett to Davante.
Oh I meant to ask you about Davante. Aaron wants him as a teammate again.
You higher imagine I would like him, too. Davante and Garrett, pick your poison. If we’re going all in on this season, the hell with the long run, let’s go get Davante.
The Raiders are saying they wish to keep him.
I’ll wait until the trade deadline if I actually have to.
Concerned about Mike Williams?
I’m concerned about all the fellows with injury histories … especially Tyron … I’ve seen this movie before, remember.
The movie where your future Hall of Fame quarterback tears his Achilles 4 plays into opening night?
Here’s my Benigno imitation, tell me what you’re thinking that — “Oh, the pain!”
Pretty good.
Joe D was smart drafting Fashanu as insurance for Tyron and Morgan. Then again, a component of me wanted Bowers as insurance for Big Mike.
Joe D made the fitting pick. Conklin and Ruckert are not any slouches. And Tyron might be one-and-done. If Rodgers decides to return in 2025, he’ll know he’ll have his blindside protector.
I still can’t imagine Zach was so bad. But hey, at the very least he didn’t throw you right into a locker.
You actually know the right way to hurt a man, Lombardi. What’s your prediction?
What’s yours?
Super Bowl.
Wiseass.
10-7, but I reserve the fitting to vary my mind. Your prediction, Lombardi?
Super Bowl. Aaron hoisting the trophy. Bringing it home, to the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center. Do you remember the song “I’ve Been Lonely Too Long”?
The Young Rascals!
I’ve been lonely too long.
Yes you might have, Lombardi. Yes you might have.
