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Boomer Esiason foresees rough year for Jets

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Bob Glauber

Bob Glauber has been Newsday's national football columnist since 1992. He was Newsday's football writer covering the Jets Show More

Boomer Esiason knows what it’s like to go into a season with no hope, when the players around you are so bereft of talent that a losing season - and all the criticism that goes along with it – is a foregone conclusion.

“In 1995, my No. 1 receiver was Wayne Chrebet, off the streets from Hofstra,” the former Jets quarterback recalled Wednesday afternoon. “He turned out to have a great career, don’t get me wrong.