Bro, that wasn’t a particularly historical tirade.
Retired and mild former WFAN presenter Joe Benigno was not at all upset that the previously winless Jets defeated the Rams on Sunday, potentially costing himself a chance to stretch stud Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence with first-pick in the 2021 NFL Draft.
In fact, that opinion is an aspect of Joe B’s fandom that has been consistent throughout his more than two decades on the air.
“I have to tell you … I spoke to some of my friends today, I wanted to see them win,” Benigno said on a short spot on the Carton and Roberts show on Monday. “I can’t say I could sit here, even if I want Lawrence, I can’t say I was sitting there [Sunday] rooting for them to lose. I just can not. I wanted to win … that’s just the way it is. “
Benigno added that he was also “very annoyed” when the Jets blew a late lead against Las Vegas two weeks earlier.
“I don’t want to see 0 and 16,” Benigno said. “With all the negative things that are against my team, your team, the name of our team for 60 years… I don’t want that. Let the lions have that. Let the Browns have that. I don’t want 0 and 16. “
Benigno, who retired in November, also believes “it’s not impossible” for the Jets to regain first place in the Jacksonville draft, although he said he’s “not very high” on Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields, who many project to finish second. in the design.
“If I don’t get Trevor Lawrence, I’ll live off Sam Darnold for another year before taking a kite on Justin Fields,” he said.
One aspect of the Jets’ disastrous season that Benigno did worry about was the possible replacement for head coach Adam Gase. He said he hopes GM Joe Douglas can make the decision, and not owner “Christopher ‘freaking’ Johnson.”
“Here’s the most important thing. They need to see a head coach, man,” Benigno said. “No more Todd Bowles, no more Adam Gases, they have to come up with someone … They have to hit this coach.
“For me that’s the most important thing they need to do, even before you draft Trevor Lawrence. If they don’t come up with the right guy, it’ll be the same old, same old, and same old spinning wheel that they always turn on. “