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Bill Belichick Is Literally Going Out Of His Way To Clown On Woody Johnson And The New York Jets

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One of the more forgotten aspects of Bill Belichick’s infamous resignation as “the HC of the NYJ” is the fact that it happened the same month that current owner Woody Johnson officially bought the team for $635 million from the estate of Leon Hess.

Whatever Bill Belichick’s reason for bailing on the Jets was, Woody Johnson was clearly a part of it, as his departure not only came just weeks after Johnson bought the team, but he also continues to take shots at the former United Kingdom ambassador whenever he gets the chance.

A week after clowning on the Jets by telling Pat McAfee that “Woody is Woody,” Belichick had more fun at the Jets’ expense on The Pat McAfee Show, again placing the blame at Johnson’s feet.

“It starts at the top, so as you said, Woody started pulling the levers, fired Saleh, which… I don’t understand that. I thought that he’s done a great job there with the defense. And [he] made the defensive coordinator the head coach, so I’m not really sure what that did,” Belichick said of the Jets’ recent changes.

“Changed some playcalling, brought in Davante [Adams], got [Haason] Reddick back. I don’t know, it seems like a lot of moves here by Woody that I’m not sure, I don’t really understand how they add up. I think from the outside, it’s hard to understand why they do a lot of the things they do, so they have the guy who did them.”

The 72-year-old Belichick also went out of his way to dig up some of his game balls from his days of beating the Jets.

“The one behind me I think was our 21st straight win,” Belichick said. “I had a few Jet balls up there on the shelf, so I thought this would be a good time to pull them out.”

After beginning the season 2-3, Johnson made the decision to fire head coach Robert Saleh, which has proven to be a decision that’s only made the Jets worse, as they’ve since lost three straight games.

While the Jets entered the season with Super Bowl expectations — they were in the top quarter of the bookies’ betting favorites to win the title — Gang Green’s season is effectively over before Halloween.

Barring a miracle turnaround that would likely require the team going 8-1 over their final nine games of the season, the Jets will surely clear house in the offseason and start the process of building a competitive team all over again, extending what will soon by a 14-year playoff drought.

Having not qualified for the postseason since 2010, the Woody Johnson-owned Jets currently own the longest playoff drought in the four major American sports leagues.