Last season didn’t go quite as planned for the New York Jets. The team had Super Bowl aspirations, but then lost their future Hall of Fame quarterback to a season-ending injury during the first drive of the season. But it seems head coach Robert Saleh is looking at the positives in a difficult season.

During a press conference this week, Saleh made it clear that he believes the Jets have grown from the difficulties of last season and are now a better team as a result.

“To grow in the world, to grow as an individual, you have to live in uncomfortable environments,” Saleh said, according to the New York Jets team website. “And I would say last year was one of the most uncomfortable environments you can create for an organization and so I think players, coaches, everyone in this building got better because of it. I think the team got better because of it and better equipped. I think as coaches we learned a lot last year as far as adjustments and the things we need to do. I’ve said it before, not completely injury-proof, but a little injury-proof so we can adapt and change things up a little bit better on the fly. But yeah, we definitely all got better because of what happened last year.”

While that may be true, the best way to ensure they don’t repeat last season’s results is for Rodgers to simply stay healthy. We’ll see whether that happens or not.

(New York Jets)