John Simpsons vision is to help Jets mates…
LONDON — John Simpson discovered the lesson early in his profession with the Raiders and now he is making an attempt to cross it on to his younger teammates with the Jets.
“[Expletive] happens all the time,” Simpson said this week. “Bad things happen to the best teams in the league. They happen to the worst teams in the league. It’s all about what they do once that bad thing happens. Once we figure that out, once we figure out who we are when adversity hits I think we’ll be a better team.”
The Jets haven’t responded effectively to adversity this season and that is half of the explanation they’re 0-5. Turnovers have killed them in each of the last two weeks. Fumbles against the Dolphins and Cowboys appeared to deflate the Jets and they didn’t recuperate.
After last week’s loss to the Cowboys, Simpson was wiping away tears while talking to reporters. He explained his emotion a few days later.
Guard John Simpson speaks to the media before a Jets’ training camp apply earlier this season. Bill Kostroun/New York Post
“For me, I’m a sore loser. I ain’t going to lie. I hate losing,” Simpson said. “The largest factor that we had been speaking about when it occurred was adversity. For me, I really feel like I’ve had to deal with adversity a lot.
“I kind of feel like I’m here for that reason, to help the other guys get through those things and reach the other side and help this team get over that hump of adversity. I feel like that’s where we are right now. We’ve got a young team. We’ve got a lot of guys that haven’t had to deal with much adversity. I took it personally because I feel like that’s what made me. Adversity kind of made me. I take that personally.”
Jets guards John Simpson, left, and Marquis Hayes (77) work on drills at apply. Bill Kostroun/New York Post
Simpson is only 28 years previous but he is one of the veterans on the Jets and he said he is making it a level to train his youthful teammates about how to deal with adversity better.
Jets coach Aaron Glenn and Broncos coach Sean Payton go manner back. Payton was on the Cowboys workers when Glenn performed there in 2005 and then Glenn performed for Payton in 2008 with the Saints. Glenn coached under Payton with the Saints from 2016-20. On Sunday, the 2 Bill Parcells disciples sq. off.
“I owe a lot of my coaching development to Sean,” Glenn said. “I think he’s a hell of a coach. Offensive minded, really understands exactly how to attack different defenses and he’s taught me a lot about being a coach. Listen, he’s one of the guys that I love everything about who he is and what he’s about and I’m looking forward to competing against him, because I know how he is.”
The Jets elevated WRs Brandon Smith and Isaiah Williams from their apply squad. They downgraded LB Ja’Markis Weston from questionable to out.
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