PHOENIX (CBSNewYork/AP) — Picture this: New York Jets owner Christopher Johnson parading around next winter with a certain Super Bowl bauble on his head.
Sure, Johnson was dreaming about something his franchise hasn’t achieved since 1969: an NFL championship. But in March, optimism flows through everyone in pro football.
“If we win the Lombardi Trophy,” Johnson said Sunday before the league meetings begin, “I will wear it like a crown until people are sick of me. ‘Can you take that off his head?'”
It will take plenty for that visual to become reality, especially considering that the Jets finished 4-12 last season and then fired Todd Bowles, replacing him as coach with Adam Gase.