When Jets CEO Christopher Johnson sat down with reporters in September, he reiterated his stance that there was no playoff mandate for Jets coach Todd Bowles. Johnson said he was looking for a different P word: progress.
“You can make advances that don’t show up in the win-loss record,” Johnson said during the second week of the season. “I’m not going to put a playoff mandate out there or a win-loss record mandate out there. I’m absolutely looking for the team to advance, but how to judge that, it’ll be obvious to you guys [reporters] and it’ll be obvious to me.