Robert Saleh made the New York Jets‘ stance on ‘Hard Knocks’ very clear.
The NFL told him, “Hard Knocks!”
According to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, the Jets are “bracing for an involuntary ‘Hard Knocks’ assignment.” This is what most around the league assumed would happen. The feeling was that the NFL wanted to get the Jets on board. That does not appear to have happened, so the league instead forced the Jets’ hand.
It is understandable that the Jets do not want the cameras front and center.