The New York Jets are coming off a 7-9 season and haven't made the playoffs since the 2010 campaign.
Low expectations are natural given that reality, but general manager Joe Douglas said they are angering a team that could use them as motivation.
"Our guys don't live in a bubble. We see the things that are said, we see the things that are written," Douglas told reporters Monday. "It angers a lot of people."
There is a reason outside of the recent losing that expectations are lower.
After all, the Jets lost two of their top defensive playmakers this offseason, as middle linebacker C.