Breece Hall was unfazed by the brief history lesson shared by a reporter this week about the New York Jets’ next opponent.
The undefeated Philadelphia Eagles are coming to town and the Jets are 0-12 against them — the only team the franchise has never defeated.
“I mean, before right now, I had no idea, so I could tell you I don’t really care about that,” the Jets’ second-year running back said. “Every game, you’re looking at coming out and winning, so just because they’re undefeated or whatever doesn’t really play a factor in motivating us to win.”
And this week it’s an Eagles squad that’s looking to win its first six games in back-to-back seasons. Meanwhile, the Jets (2-3) are coming off a win in Denver and looking to head into their bye week at .500 — regardless of the history they’re up against.
“What’s cool is the NFC champs are walking into our building and it’s an opportunity for us to get after them,” coach Robert Saleh said. “We’ve played some good football teams. We took Buffalo and Kansas City down to the wire. We’ve got another great one coming in.
“So, hopefully it’s a fun game for everybody, and hopefully we’re on the right side of it.”
Nick Sirianni and the Eagles would respectfully disagree with that last part.
Philadelphia could join the 1981, 2004 and 2022 squads as the only Eagles teams to start 6-0. Sirianni could also join Tony Dungy (2005-07, Colts), Mike Martz (2000-01, Rams), Mike Shanahan (1997-98, Broncos) and Mike Ditka (1985-86, Bears) as the only NFL coaches to accomplish the feat in consecutive seasons.
And guess what? Like Hall and the Jets’ drought, the historical significance wasn’t very significant to Sirianni.
“That was the first I heard about it right there, so you just broke the news to me,” Sirianni said. “It’s a journey, right? It’s a long journey. I guess when I was 1-0 after we played Atlanta (in his 2021 debut), when we were 1-0, I…
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