{"id":527444,"date":"2022-12-15T07:35:17","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T04:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/robert-salehs-detroit-roots-test-jets-coachs-friends\/"},"modified":"2022-12-15T07:35:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T04:35:17","slug":"robert-salehs-detroit-roots-test-jets-coachs-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/robert-salehs-detroit-roots-test-jets-coachs-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"#Robert Saleh&#8217;s Detroit roots test Jets coach&#8217;s friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40c6f1e4b93\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40c6f1e4b93\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/robert-salehs-detroit-roots-test-jets-coachs-friends\/#%E2%80%9CRobert_Salehs_Detroit_roots_test_Jets_coachs_friends%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Robert Saleh&#8217;s Detroit roots test Jets coach&#8217;s friends&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CRobert_Salehs_Detroit_roots_test_Jets_coachs_friends%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Robert Saleh&#8217;s Detroit roots test Jets coach&#8217;s friends&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Robert Saleh\u2019s oldest friends have a choice to make Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Root for the Jets or slip on the Lions jerseys like always?<\/p>\n<p>Growing up about 40 minutes away from where the Lions played their home <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s during his childhood in Dearborn, Mich., Saleh admitted Wednesday that he was a fan of the Lions and Barry Sanders. So, it\u2019s a bit surreal that he will coach the Jets against the Lions in a rare meeting in which both teams have playoff aspirations in December.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStill have all my high school buddies, they\u2019re all still Lions fans, everybody is,\u201d Saleh said.<\/p>\n<p>As is the case for the majority of Lions fans from that era, the fan in Saleh counted Sanders as his favorite player.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh yeah, whose guy wasn\u2019t he?\u201d Saleh asked rhetorically. \u201cBest of all-time running back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jets rookie cornerback Sauce Gardner, who grew up in Detroit, never shared that allegiance to the hometown team.<\/p>\n<p>Gardner, who played receiver in high school, grew up a fan of Matthew Stafford and Calvin Johnson and met Darius Slay when the Pro Bowl cornerback trained at his high school, but affording Lions tickets and gear was a luxury not in the cards for his hard-working single mom.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/robert-saleh-detroit-lions-jets.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Head coach Robert Saleh of the New York Jets looks on\" class=\"wp-image-25018536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/robert-saleh-detroit-lions-jets.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/robert-saleh-detroit-lions-jets.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/robert-saleh-detroit-lions-jets.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Robert Saleh grew up rooting for the Lions \u2014 the team he\u2019ll coach against on Sunday.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI had to see how I was going to make it out, you know?\u201d Gardner told The Post. \u201cI didn\u2019t grow up in a position to be able to go to Lions games. Never had a jersey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of Gardner\u2019s family members are Lions fans, including his grandmother, but would they root for the team over the person?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope not,\u201d he said. \u201cIt would be different if this game was in Detroit.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>WR Corey Davis (concussion), CB Brandin Echols (quad), DE John Franklin-Myers (illness), DT Quinnen Williams (calf) and S Will Parks (not injury-related) did not practice Wednesday. QB Mike White (ribs), LT Duane Brown (shoulder), RT George Fant (knee) and DE Mike Clemons (knee) were limited participants.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=NYPH4735822275&amp;light=true%20\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Davis is \u201cmaking all the progress that he\u2019s supposed to be making, so he\u2019s on target\u201d to play, according to Saleh. Williams\u2019 availability is \u201c50\/50.\u201d Fant and Brown are on maintenance programs that call for weekly Wednesday limitations.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>Same faces, new places.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the eighth time that Lions quarterback Jared Goff has started against a Saleh-influenced defense. Goff started for the Rams when Saleh was the 49ers defensive coordinator (2017-20). Saleh, who holds a 4-3 head-to-head edge, praised Goff\u2019s accuracy, quick decision-making and ball security.<\/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\/2022\/12\/jared-goff-lions-jets-saleh.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff (16) leads his team onto the field\" class=\"wp-image-25018547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/jared-goff-lions-jets-saleh.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/jared-goff-lions-jets-saleh.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/jared-goff-lions-jets-saleh.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Jared Goff will look to even his career record against Robert Saleh.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">USA TODAY Sports<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen he\u2019s back there and he\u2019s comfortable, he\u2019s as good as anybody in this game, and he\u2019s playing at a very high level \u2026 with tremendous confidence,\u201d Saleh said. \u201cHe\u2019s only been sacked 19 times, so if you let it be seven-on-seven, he\u2019s going to kill you. Credit to their O-line \u2026 and he\u2019s doing a great job delivering the football.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>Online fan voting for the Pro Bowl ends Thursday. Selections will be announced next week.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest update released Wednesday, Williams is the No. 1 defensive tackle, Gardner is the No. 1 cornerback, Justin Hardee is the No. 2 special teamer and D.J. Reed is the No. 3 cornerback among AFC vote-getters.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>OT Eric Smith was signed to the practice squad for his third tour with the Jets. He was originally signed to the 53-man roster in December 2018 and cut in September 2019, and he was part of the practice squad earlier this season.\n                        <\/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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