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How Gregg Williams became polarizing coach out for Browns revenge

The outfit Gregg Williams wears to every Jets practice fits him perfectly.

Not in the waist, inseam, shoulders and arms. Not a tailor’s fit. But figuratively.

Williams wears all black, and it suits him — because he is a villain to some people, an intimidating figure to others, a mystery to many and, the Jets would like to think, a hero to them as their defensive coordinator getting ready to face his most recent former team, the Browns, on Monday night.

(More on the Williams-Browns reunion in a minute.)

You’ll have a difficult time looking around the NFL to find a more polarizing figure — player or coach — than the enigmatic Williams.