Jets head coach Robert Saleh during training camp at Atlantic Health Jets Training Center in Florham Park, New Jersey, on Aug. 3, 2021. Credit: Noah K. Murray
Robert Saleh has worked most of his adult life waiting for this opportunity, and now that it has arrived, the emotions are running higher.
But not for the reasons you might think.
"Just like being a position coach or a coordinator," Saleh said Monday. "My blood starts flowing a little bit faster."
It is Game Week for the Jets, and nearly time for the 42-year-old longtime assistant to begin his life as an NFL head coach.