Leave it to the New York Jets to finally win a game after a month and still have controversy following it. Thanks to Bart Scott.
This team talks more than any team in the league, including just last week speaking anonymously to the New York Daily News and ripped its teammate, Tim Tebow, was actually asked Scott, a linebacker, to not cooperate with media requests after the Jets’ 27-13 triumph over St. Louis.
Yes, Scott, who earlier this year threatened a reporter in the locker room after a a game in September, tried to get his teammates to say only”Both teams played hard” following their win over the Rams..
According to Bart Hubbuch of the New York Post, Scott led a failed movement against the media based on backlash from the Tebow comments players made but not for attribution. But Scott’s efforts were shot down by more rational-thinking Jets.
“Bart Scott is leading a media mutiny by the Jets defense in the locker room,” Hubbuch tweeted after the game. “This is ridiculous … Bart Scott is ordering every Jets defensive player to say nothing but “both teams played hard.” Threatening any that don’t … Scott blaming everyone in the media for the Daily News story … Thankfully, Yeremiah Bell isn’t participating in Bart Scott’s boycott foolishness. A true pro … Scott yells at Bryan Thomas for breaking the boycott, calling him “a MF-ing sellout.”
Yermiah Bell tells Scott: “Stop it. Just stop it.”
And that was the end of that. Or was it? This is, after all, the New York Jets, the team that talks more trash and makes more bold statements than any team in the league. That would not be so bad if they actually won something.
All they have done to this point is win the word of words against themselves. On the football field, there is far more potential for success than actually results.
