Jets Owner Woody Johnson Refutes Absolutely False Report He And Coach Robert Saleh Had Dispute

New York Jets owner Woody Johnson emphatically refuted a report that he and Coach Robert Salah had a very heated conversation during the NFL meetings earlier this week NFL Network host Kleen wolf said Tuesday during the around the NFL podcast that a very reliable source told her Johnson and Salah had a dispute Sunday night while the two were at a party in Orlando Florida wolf added she heard the conversation got a little awkward Johnson shot down the report Thursday on the social media platform X saying all this nonsense about a heated argument between coach Salah and me at the league meeting is absolutely false it is yet another irresponsible report from NFL Network please disregard NFL network is owned by the NFL and is part of NFL media which includes the TV network NFL films nfl.com NFL Now NFL Red Zone and NFL Mobile wolf apologized in a statement posted on X on Thursday for the unnecessary distraction her comments caused adding she didn't intend to break news with them regarding my comments surrounding the Jets on the atar around then podcast no I was not at the annual meeting and yes I was told of the exchange between head coach Robert Salah and Woody Johnson by someone in attendance wolf said in her post others on site Sunday night have since reached out and described the interaction differently my intent wasn't to break news I leave that to the Insiders my sincerest apologies to the Jets Organization for the unnecessary distraction during such a crucial part of their offseason Salah entering his fourth year with New York and the Jets are coming off a 7 to1 season during which quarterback Aaron Rogers tore his left Achilles tend and four plays into his debut New York has the longest active playoff drought among the four major North Americans sports leagues at 13 consecutive Seasons Johnson told reporters at NFL honors in Las Vegas last month he expects the team including Salah and general manager Joe Douglas to show major improvements this season I think they all got the message Johnson said then this is it this is the time to go we've got to produce this year Sala spoke to reporters Monday at the NFL meetings saying Johnson's message has helped the Jets Pro progress during the offseason and will continue to do so during the regular season his words are always welcome Salah said he's the owner of the football team and his frustrations are shared with everyone