{"id":379856,"date":"2021-12-11T22:59:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T19:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jets-must-fight-together-to-earn-teams-respect\/"},"modified":"2021-12-11T22:59:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T19:59:47","slug":"jets-must-fight-together-to-earn-teams-respect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jets-must-fight-together-to-earn-teams-respect\/","title":{"rendered":"#Jets must &#8216;fight together&#8217; to earn teams&#8217; respect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Jets must &#8216;fight together&#8217; to earn teams&#8217; respect<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/steve-serby-02.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Steve Serby\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/steve-serby-02.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/steve-serby-02.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>       <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Joe Klecko was a brawler, a hostile, mobile and agile war machine who never would have tolerated any opponent laughing at his head coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a New York Jet and I see Fletcher Cox do that? I woulda busted him. There\u2019s no way I would let anybody from another team do that,\u201d Klecko told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>This shouldn\u2019t be another day when C.J. Mosley starts talking about how nobody respects the Jets. It should be a day when the Jets, especially on defense, earn some respect.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Robert Saleh doesn\u2019t have any players or leaders like Klecko, whose exclusion from the Hall of Fame is criminal. He was a force of nature at three different positions on the defensive line, and though Klecko left the fire-and-brimstone speeches to fellow New York Sack Exchange colleague Marty Lyons, he was asked what he would say to Saleh\u2019s Jets in the locker room before the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> Sunday against the reeling Saints.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou lose one battle \u2014 one effin battle \u2014 you better not show up on Monday,\u201d Klecko said. \u201cYou better have the balls to just knock the s\u2013t out of the guy in front of ya, and then whoever\u2019s running the football or throwing the football. Because if you don\u2019t take the pride in your own game, OK, you\u2019re not worth a damn. And that\u2019s what it\u2019s gonna take. It all comes down to the individual. It all comes down to the individual. You can\u2019t lose a play and just give up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then he added: \u201cAnd these guys worry more about their damn money nowadays than anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saleh lacks the horses, but the ones he trots out won\u2019t get their respect unless and until they show up with pride and fight. When Klecko played, he spoke up sometimes on game day, sometimes on Monday, when he deemed it necessary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I watched the film and somebody was abused on the field or something like that, and they didn\u2019t come back and make a fool out of that other guy, I\u2019d have words with that player,\u201d Klecko said. \u201cI always told the guys with me, I said, \u2018You want to fight with me or leave me alone, or get the hell out of my way.\u2019 And that\u2019s the way it\u2019s gotta be as a defense, you gotta fight together.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/newspress-collage-20456257-1639250713235.png?w=1024\" alt=\"Jets\" class=\"wp-image-20456545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/newspress-collage-20456257-1639250713235.png?w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/newspress-collage-20456257-1639250713235.png 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/newspress-collage-20456257-1639250713235.png?w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bill Kostroun, AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Klecko and Sack Exchange partners in crime Lyons, Mark Gastineau and Abdul Salaam engaged in a feeding frenzy around the quarterback.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would put fear in a lot of quarterbacks\u2019 eyes and teams because we were so dominant as pass rushers, and we stopped the run too,\u201d Klecko said. \u201cOnce you got past the first quarter, and you weren\u2019t having a good day? Oh, s\u2013t. What are we gonna do? Let\u2019s get tougher here because people are expecting us to do <em>this<\/em>. It\u2019s enjoyable just to put your finger in the ground. It\u2019s go get it, \u2019cause here I come, and in 2-3 seconds you better get rid of the ball \u2019cause you\u2019re going down. Knowing that you can do it and knowing when you get it done, it\u2019s just gratifying as hell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Podcast\" width=\"100%\" height=\"188px\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/gangs-all-here\/injuries-kickerscontinuedoomingjetsfeat.erikcoleman?accentColor=2a2a2a&amp;bgColor=f6f6f6&amp;font-family=proxima%20nova&amp;logo=false&amp;secondaryColor=cc3333\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n        <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s how each member of the New York Sack Exchange looked at it. But Saleh needs to do a better job of putting the Jets in position to succeed against the Saints than he has so far.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll tell ya what was great, it\u2019s the first time I seen him get fired up,\u201d Klecko said. \u201cThat was fantastic. He\u2019s showing me more fire now. He\u2019s had success, you can\u2019t deny that. And anytime you have players, though, you can have success. Good players make good coaches.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reminded that Saleh was lighting up the officials, Klecko said: \u201cIt\u2019s a violent game played by violent guys in a violent way. It carries over. How can you get mad at one of your kids, so violently mad, and the other three not have the effect of it? The house is gonna be disrupted if you\u2019re upset and you\u2019re dad. And he\u2019s dad. He\u2019s the leader. He\u2019s the guy that makes the wheel turn more or less. And if he greases the wheel with that anger, then it\u2019s a great thing. He\u2019s gotta find it. Nobody else. He has to find it.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Drew Brees threw five TD passes against Saleh\u2019s 49ers defense in 2019, and Michael Thomas caught 11 passes for 134 yards and one TD in a 48-46 San Francisco victory in December 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Brees won\u2019t be playing quarterback (Taysom Hill will be) and Thomas won\u2019t be catching passes on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, running back Alvin Kamara (knee) will return from a four-game absence and Sean Payton is enduring his first five-game losing streak and the Saints are in desperation mode in the NFC wild-card race.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Jets_Bears_football.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=683\" alt=\"Jets\" class=\"wp-image-20456564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Jets_Bears_football.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=683 683w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Jets_Bears_football.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Jets_Bears_football.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"\/><figcaption>Joe Klecko during his days with the Jets.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Klecko was in desperation mode once he heard the playing of the National Anthem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce they played the National Anthem my switch went off,\u201d he said. \u201cI was another person. Leading up to the National Anthem I coulda played with the little babies in the corner, I really could.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Klecko, second in franchise history with 78 sacks, was nosed out as the HOF\u2019s Class of 2022 senior nominee by former Raiders wide receiver Cliff Branch. Everyone who tried to block Klecko will tell you what an injustice it is that he is not in Canton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it was about winning every down, winning every war, winning every 1-on-1 \u2026 if you\u2019re not mad at yourself if you lose one battle, you don\u2019t belong out there,\u201d Klecko said. \u201cAnd if you do lose one battle, how could I never lose that battle again? That\u2019s how you have to play the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s how you have to play the game, and no one will be laughing at you or your head coach when you do.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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