The Jets have everything to lose this week, but Todd Bowles isn’t getting caught up in the melodrama of facing his predecessor, Rex Ryan. Nor will the Jets coach use it as a motivational selling point with his players.
Asked why, Bowles simply replied: “I don’t know. You would have to ask a coach that would do that. That’s just not me.”
It’s only fitting that the Jets’ season hangs in the balance in Week 17 with Ryan’s Bills as the final obstacle in their path to the postseason — a destination the Jets failed to reach during Ryan’s final four seasons with the franchise.