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New York Jets tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins has reason to not love the replay system. In two different instances this season, the safety-net system for officials failed him in plays that could have arguably gone in his favor.
Still, it is weird that Austin Seferian-Jenkins seems to sincerely believe replay will never go his way.
“Odds are, it will never turn for me,” Seferian-Jenkins said Friday, via Zach Braziller of the New York Post. “It’s never going to turn if we’re going off odds. Honestly, they’re bang-bang plays. The refs, they made the call on the field: Touchdown. The people in the official [replay review] box made a different call. Everyone’s got jobs, and no one’s perfect.”
While the tight end's plays were somewhat weird, generally speaking, the replay system does work. This does feel like a man being jaded by the wrongs done to him — a totally understandable thing, mind you.
For some fun, in that same column, after being asked about dropping a pass, Seferian-Jenkins (barely) compared himself to Michael Jordan.
“[Michael] Jordan has missed game winners. People have dropped balls before,” the 25-year-old tight end said. “It sucks that it happened at that time. … I don’t really hang onto things too much. I mean, if Julio Jones can drop one against the Panthers one week and come back and do 253 yards on 12 [receptions] and two [touchdowns], I really probably shouldn’t dwell on it longer than maybe like five hours after the game, and then move on. I learned in life if you dwell on things, it really doesn’t do anything for you.”
And there we have it.
