BROTHER

Shot to show he can fly Jets

I can to make it a great team again.”

That trust won’t develop overnight even though Johnson hit plenty of the right chords Wednesday.

Only winning will build implicit trust.

Johnson was sharp and genuine. He sometimes sounded like a diehard fan himself. So, I’ll forgive him for calling Jamal Adams’ goal-line pursuit tackle of Marshawn Lynch last Sunday “one of the great plays I can ever recall.” Give the guy a mulligan for basking in one of the few bright spots from an otherwise nightmarish trip to The Black Hole.

It also wasn’t shocking to hear Johnson say that quarterback Christian Hackenberg “has a lot of upside.”

Did you actually think he’d heave the poor young signal caller under the bus?

Johnson, who’s had an ownership stake since his brother bought the team in 2000, will make the final call on Maccagnan and Todd Bowles’ futures with the organization after the season. He reiterated Woody’s stance that wins and losses won’t be the determining factor on who stays and who goes.

Moving from the shadows to the spotlight takes a little getting used to, but Johnson isn’t overwhelmed by the task.

“What I really want to see happen is for us to go to the Super Bowl, where I’ve promised my brother I’ll leave him two tickets at will call,” he said. “Every little brother wants to show up his big brother.”

Johnson has invested time and resources to making smart management choices. He might be new, but he’s no dummy. o, he’ll stay out of game-day personnel matters. Who plays? Who sits? No matter how ugly the play on the field gets over the next few months, this owner is staying in his lane.

“That’s really going to be up to the coach and Mike,” Johnson said. “I’m not yet Jerry Jones.”

The new guy in charge deserves a fair opportunity to help make things right.

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