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New York Jets brass downplays unfamiliar praise for NFL draft class

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- The New York Jets, who haven't done too many things right over the past decade, found themselves in an unusual position at the conclusion of the NFL draft on Saturday.

On the receiving end of universal praise.

Instead of taking a bow, coach Robert Saleh shrugged it off.

"I've also been in places where we were universally mocked," said Saleh, recalling his time as a Seattle Seahawks assistant coach in 2012. "We took Bruce Irvin, Bobby Wagner and Russell Wilson in the first three rounds and we got a D grade, if I remember right.