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Woody Johnson spoke to the media on Thursday. The full transcript can be found in our NY Jets forum<\/a><\/strong>. Here are some highlights, or depending on how you feel about the answers maybe they are low-lights, we will leave it up to you to decide.<\/p>\n

On his thought process in bringing Head Coach Todd Bowles back\u2026<\/strong>
\nI have confidence in Todd Bowles. We went through a pretty exhaustive search \u2013 a 10-day search \u2013 going through that process with Ron (Wolf) and Charley (Casserly) and Neil (Glat), and some other guys here, I have the same feeling about him (today as I did then). (He\u2019s) very, very smart. (He) played the game (and) understands it from the player standpoint and from a coaching standpoint. He was (assistant) coach of the year with the Cardinals, so none of that\u2019s changed. I\u2019ve been talking to him the last couple of days, and I\u2019m still very, very (much) in his corner. He\u2019s very talented. I think he\u2019s going to get better as we all are, including me, at what they do. So, I\u2019m just so happy to have him – both him and Mike (Maccagnan).<\/p>\n

On if there is mandate to make the playoffs in year three\u2026<\/strong>
\nNo. I don\u2019t really like mandates because they normally don\u2019t work – lines in the sand or whatever. You don\u2019t want to judge it that way. The way we\u2019ll judge it is getting better each and every year, and seeing it in our players, our young players – are they getting better or are they going the other way.<\/p>\n

On what makes him think this is going in the right direction right now\u2026<\/strong>
\nJust what I see when I see the young players and their contribution this year. Even though it was not the year we wanted or expected, you could see that some of the young receivers, some of the defensive players making a contribution. So that\u2019s pretty good. That\u2019s what we\u2019re looking for.<\/p>\n

On how disappointed he is with the 5-11 record\u2026<\/strong>
\nWell, I\u2019m in the game of winning. So, anytime I don\u2019t win, I\u2019m disappointed. We do this for our fans. Our fans want us to win. This is their team and when they don\u2019t win, they\u2019re disappointed. I don\u2019t blame them. I\u2019m disappointed.<\/p>\n

On if he needs to suggest that the fans should be more patient\u2026<\/strong>
\nI think that they have to have confidence. This is their team. They have to see what\u2019s happening and have confidence that we have everything in place to make it better and give them what they want. So they can be proud of their team.<\/p>\n

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On if he wants Revis to return next year\u2026<\/strong>
\nI like Darrelle, but it\u2019s up to the coaches and general manager to decide how he fits, and all that.<\/p>\n

On if it will impact the way he handles this football team as far as his ownership responsibility if he accepts a role in the Trump administration\u2026<\/strong>
\nLet me just say it would be an honor to be considered for something like that. But that\u2019s speculation at this time, so I really can\u2019t comment on that.<\/p>\n

On why Jets fans should be confident he can steer this team going forward\u2026<\/strong>
\nThat\u2019s a good question. I think they have to be confident that we, the team here at the Jets, care about the Jets and care about the success of the Jets as much as they do and we\u2019ve got the talent to do it. We\u2019ve got to show them, Mike and Todd and the team and me, that we\u2019re going in the right direction. That this plan, that we\u2019ll be laying out, is a plan that they believe in. I think it\u2019s the only real way to get better in the NFL, and that\u2019s to build with young players through the draft. You can look at the history of all of these teams. It\u2019s really hard to do it any other way.<\/p>\n

On if his confidence in Coach Bowles wavered at any point during this season\u2026<\/strong>
\nI think it\u2019s the realization that you have to build with young (players) through the draft. It\u2019s the way it\u2019s done. Just having confidence in your drafting ability and your pro and particularly college scouts. Making sure that they\u2019re accurately drafting the players that the coach is looking for to build this kind of team.<\/p>\n

On how difficult it is for him to patient\u2026<\/strong>
\nI\u2019m like the fans. I\u2019m not essentially patient. But I know that planning is the only way you get anything done long term. You\u2019ve got to stick to your plan. It\u2019s (like) investing or anything else. You\u2019ve got to have a plan and you\u2019ve got to have the confidence and courage to stick by that plan and build that way.<\/p>\n

On how he feels about the quarterback position\u2026<\/strong>
\nThat\u2019s a key position. We\u2019re finding out. We\u2019re learning more about (it). Now we\u2019ve got Bryce (Petty) and Christian Hackenberg. We don\u2019t know a lot about Christian, but we saw some good things from Bryce in the last (few) games that he played. So, we\u2019ll have to evaluate.<\/p>\n

On if he questioned why Hackenberg did not play this season\u2026<\/strong>
\nI think it was a plan. We started out with four quarterbacks, so there was no way that Christian Hackenberg was going to get the reps to really get himself ready. This is kind of a redshirt year for him. We\u2019ll see. Between now and camp, he\u2019ll have some time to get better on his own without us talking to him.<\/p>\n

On an anonymous coach\u2019s comment that Hackenberg \u201ccouldn\u2019t hit the ocean\u201d\u2026<\/strong>
\nYes, I saw that. I guess it depends which ocean (joking). Maybe it was a small ocean (joking). EPA describes that as an ocean (joking). Anyway, no that\u2019s not funny. You\u2019ve got to ask Todd Bowles about Christian because he\u2019s got some opinions about Christian Hackenberg. I think he has maybe a little bit (of a) higher opinion than that.<\/p>\n

On if he believes the Jets have a realistic chance of winning the AFC East while Tom Brady and Bill Belichick are in the division\u2026<\/strong>
\nI can\u2019t talk about individual players or individual teams, but the AFC East has been very, very difficult with that great team. That\u2019s a challenge, but we like a challenge. Our goal is to have a team that\u2019s very, very competitive.<\/p>\n

On his message is to the fans regarding patience\u2026<\/strong>
\nI think they have to be confident in the plan and the idea of building this way. All of the great teams have been built this way. This is what you\u2019ve got to do.<\/p>\n

On what he would say to the fan that says change is necessary in order to win\u2026<\/strong>
\nI would say you\u2019ve just got to be confident in what we\u2019re trying to do. There\u2019s really no way around it. I understand their anger after losing. We don\u2019t like to lose. Jets fans want to win.<\/p>\n

On if he will consider lowering ticket prices in 2017\u2026<\/strong>
\nWe haven\u2019t decided what we\u2019re going to do with ticket prices this year. We probably won\u2019t raise them.<\/p>\n

On if he\u2019s surprised by angry fans who decided not attend games at the end of the season when then became angrier upon learning that Bowles would be returning as head coach\u2026<\/strong>
\nNo. The passion shows up in a lot of different ways. No, I\u2019m not surprised at all. I\u2019m not surprised. They want to win and so they\u2019re looking for answers. And the answer is what I\u2019ve been describing \u2013 it\u2019s the way you have to build these things. That\u2019s the way to do it. A lot of change, as I pointed out earlier, is not the answer. That\u2019s not the way to do it, in our opinion. You\u2019ll get to where you want to be sooner if you go down the path that we\u2019re going to go.<\/p>\n

On if he sees Bowles and Maccagnan as a tag team working together\u2026<\/strong>
\nHelping each other? They do. They\u2019re on the same page. Different personalities, different ways of delivering information, as you are well aware, but they will get this done, in my opinion.<\/p>\n

On if the structure of Bowles and Maccagnan reporting directly to him is working\u2026<\/strong>
\nThat\u2019s the way it is on paper, but they talk to each other more than they talk to me. You have to have a community of interest between the two important players on the team side. On paper, it goes that way. That\u2019s kind of typical to the extent that there is anything typical in the NFL.<\/p>\n

On what he means specifically when stating that Bowles and Maccagnan will \u2018get it done\u2019\u2026<\/strong>
\nWhat I mean is, from my standpoint, I have confidence that they have a plan looking into the future that will make the team better and they have a way of judging accountability and judging performance in a way that really accurately measures what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n

On if he believes Bowles and Maccagnan will be able to deliver a Super Bowl\u2026<\/strong>
\nI wouldn\u2019t have them if I didn\u2019t. I\u2019m not in here to come in second place.<\/p>\n

On what he has to do differently or better as an owner\u2026<\/strong>
\nEverything. I have to get better, too.<\/p>\n

On if he was angry or frustrated by some of the team\u2019s performances this season\u2026<\/strong>
\nWhat was the fans\u2019 reactions, do you think, on that? Not good, right? Well, I mirror that.<\/p>\n

On if he learned anything in observing Bowles or Maccagnan during a losing situation\u2026<\/strong>
\nYes, I think those are the guys you want in a particular situation like this. I think they can handle going down and they can handle, more importantly, going up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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