New York Jets still looking for more revenge against Denver Broncos

Travis Wakeman

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When the Denver Broncos (1-2) battle the New York Jets (2-1) on Sunday, the Jets will still be looking to take out a measure of revenge on Denver.

Last season, the Jets came into Denver and beat the Broncos 31-21, leading to them carrying their offensive coordinator, Nathaniel Hackett, off the field on their shoulders. Hackett, the former head coach of the Broncos, got one of the most satisfying wins of his coaching career. 

There is no doubt that Hackett was a terrible head coach for the Broncos in 2022, landing on a short list of first-year head coaches who didn't even make it out of their initial season with their new team. Hackett deserved to be fired, but the man who replaced him, Sean Payton, chose to pile on. 

Payton has since walked those comments back.

At the time, his comments on Hackett, who has worked with Aaron Rodgers for several years, led to Rodgers, the current starting quarterback of the Jets, to say this:

Like Payton, Rodgers has changed his tune on what Payton said and it seems that cooler heads will prevail. That being said, the Jets will take extra pleasure in beating the Broncos as long as Payton is the coach. 

The Broncos and Jets meet in a key Week 4 matchup on Sunday. Kickoff is set for 11:00 am MT and the game will be televised regionally on CBS. 

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Travis Wakeman has been covering the NFL since 2012 when he started with Bleacher Report. After reporting about the Broncos there until 2016, he joined the FanSided network as a site expert covering the San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers while simultaneously covering the Broncos at Broncos Wire when that site launched. He then took over the Broncos site at FanSided in March 2020 and covered the team there until spring of 2024. A lifelong Broncos fan and fan of the game, Travis is filled with sometimes useless NFL knowledge, but it always serves him well in any trivia contest. You can follow him on Twitter/X @traviswakeman10.