Facing the team that fired him and the coach that maligned him in print, Jets offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett enjoyed a day of sweet revenge as his unit racked up 407 total yards Sunday in a 31-21 win over the Broncos.
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"If someone talks s--- about one of us or one of our coaches or anybody in the building, we want to have their back," tight endby Broncos coach Sean Payton, who told USA Today that the 2022 Broncos were undermined by"one of the worst coaching jobs in the history of the NFL." Hackett was fired with a 4-11 record in his first season.He didn't mention the Payton comments during the run-up to the game, players said, but it was on their minds.
Hackett wasn't available to the media after the win, which snapped a three-game losing streak for the Jets , but it had to be enormously satisfying. It wasn't an artistic offensive performance -- the Jets were 0-for-5 in the red zone -- but they pounded away at Denver's soft run defense.), the Jets amassed 234 on the ground.
"Even if he wasn’t telling us, ‘This is personal to me,’ you could just look how he carried himself all week," Sauce Gardner said."He had that look on his face, like, man, he really wanted this game. So it meant a lot to get a win for him." "Listen, they played better than us,'' Payton said."I credit Robert and that staff, they won the game, that's how I look at it.''that, though it's a fair question. I addressed that the next day.
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