- ABC News
- January 6, 2025
New York Jets owner Woody Johnson insists his teenage son has no influence on the team's decisions and referred to a recent report about the organization's dysfunction as a "smear piece." Johnson told the New York Post that he read the story published last month by The Athletic, which reported that the 77-year-old owner takes advice from his teenage son Brick. "I think the article is a typical smear piece -- unsubstantiated," Johnson told the Post in a report published Monday. "Nobody really stood up and put their name on anything. It's absolutely untrue. Everything was out of context. When you're losing games, it gives people the artistic license to kind of do what they want." As part of its report, The Athletic cited multiple sources who shared that Brick Johnson, 18, has an influential role in decisions pertaining to the Jets' roster and staff. The report also mentioned Woody Johnson's younger son, Jack, as being included in that process. A source confirmed to...