Extra motivation? What Titans' Robert Saleh said about facing the Jets Week 1

Everybody knows why the New York Jets and Tennessee Titans do battle in Week 1. It's a headline the NFL couldn't resist. The Titans named former Jets head coach Robert Saleh their bench boss this offseason. Saleh against the Jets in Week 1? The script practically wrote itself. Alongside the coach is

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What is the story about?

Everybody knows why the New York Jets and Tennessee Titans do battle in Week 1.

It's a headline the NFL couldn't resist.

The Titans named former Jets head coach Robert Saleh their bench boss this offseason. Saleh against the Jets in Week 1? The script practically wrote itself.

Alongside the coach is a group of former players that wore the Green and White highlighted by the likes of edge defender Jermaine Johnson, defensive lineman John Franklin-Myers, safety Tony Adams and more... but Saleh is the marquee name of them all.

And Saleh has spoken about facing the Jets. Is there some extra motivation?

In reality, there has to be. It's natural. In NFL coach-speak in 2026? Saleh downplayed it.

"Our desire to win Week 1 and beat the Jets is because it's

Week 1 and nothing more," Saleh said.

For those who want to read between the lines, Saleh's full comments can be found in the clip below:

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