If you're an NFL player with a low Madden rating, forget about playing for the New York Jets. Woody Johnson isn't interested. The Athletic's NFL reporters, Zack Rosenblatt, Dianna Russini and Michael Silver dropped a very telling report on the incompetency of Johnson and the Jets.
It has sent ripples throughout the league and has now cast an even bigger negative spotlight on the downtrodden franchise. According to the report, then Jets general manager Joe Douglas expressed interest in trading for Cleveland Browns wide receiver, Jerry Jeudy. It was all but set to happen until Johnson got involved.
In the report, "Douglas told the Broncos that Johnson didn’t want to make the trade because the owner felt Jeudy’s player rating in “Madden NFL,” the popular video game, wasn’t high enough, according to multiple league sources." Not trading for a talented player simply because of a low rating in a video game about sums up the dumpster fire that is Johnson and the Jets. The report didn't stop there, as there were details of Johnson's two teenage sons, Brick and Jack, becoming more and more involved in the decision making for the franchise.
Teenagers. “When we’re discussing things, you’ll hear Woody cite something that Brick or Jack read online that’s being weighed equally against whatever opinion someone else in the department has,” said one Jets executive. “I answer to a teenager,” Douglas quipped.
The power dynamics are at an all-time dysfunctional high. The .
