Becton’s injury has not prevented him from spending some time on social media
Winning makes all the difference for the New York Jets.
When you’re cocky on social media and you lose, you look like an idiot.
When you win, you can pretty much say whatever you want, subject to the social media police.
However, since Mekhi Becton is on injured reserve and will miss the whole season, he feels free to throw shade anywhere, anytime.
Before the game, the NFL’s Twitter handle marked Zach Wilson’s return with a tweet of some of his highlights.
He's baaaaack @ZachWilson 🗣
📺: #NYJvsPIT — Tomorrow 1pm ET on CBS
📱: Stream on NFL+ https://t.co/95ssqnYCaC pic.twitter.com/agIani4U43— NFL (@NFL) October 2, 2022
Becton quote-tweeted it with his own comments:
No. 62 in that play is, of course, Greg Van Roten, the former Jets guard who was a fan scapegoat and was eventually replaced by Laurent Duvernay-Tardif last season. Van Roten is currently a member of the Buffalo Bills. Apparently, Becton saw an opportunity to highlight a former teammate’s ineptitude.
Clearly, some eyebrows went up at the tweet, since Becton deleted it soon after (hence the screenshot) and responded with another tweet.
I was just asking a question guys relaxxxxxxx!!
— Trending Topic 🤷🏾♂️ (@BigTicket73) October 2, 2022
It’s ironic that Becton felt license to poke at Van Roten considering that his next snap in the NFL will come after a minimum of nearly two seasons’ hiatus due to injury. If the best ability is availability, then Becton’s ability is sorely lacking, especially for a Jets team that is down to their backups’ backups at tackle.
Still, instead of looking at bygones, the Jets’ active players went out on the field and did their job today. Zach Wilson led the team when it mattered most.
Kind of crazy:
This was the 4th time in #Jets franchise history where they led by 10+ points, lost the lead and trailed by 10+ points, and then won the game. It's their first such game since Nov. 27, 1988 against the Dolphins. @EliasSports #Jets
— Rich Cimini (@RichCimini) October 2, 2022
So rest and recover, Big Ticket, while watching your team continue to hang in there. They could’ve done it so much better with you.
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Bechton should stay quiet unless there was some malice involved in the injury.
Who’s responsible for the injury this year.
The Giants took Neal in the 1st round this year.
. Neal, at 6’9″ is two inches taller than Mekhi. A good friend is a die hard Giants fan and he says Neal has been a disappointment so far and that’s a shame. My friend says he might just need time but getting beat too often.. At least Neal is on the field.
The difference a healthy Bechton playonh loke his rookoe year os both an exciting and sickening thought rolled up together.
Thanks. Becton blocked me for no good reason so…I wouldn’t have known the shade he throws.
And I’m not on Twitter at all, which means that I see only the Tweets that other people post. But we took receipts even though Mekhi tried to delete it.
GVR was also the reason he was injured last year… the real reason he’s still mad… as every real jets fan should also be. Love most of what Douglas has done, but going into 2021 season, we knew GVR didn’t belong on the team let alone field, and Douglas had to wait until he hurt multiple players including Big Ticket
I’m sure that was the reason for the snark, but I don’t believe he’s justified in blaming Van Roten.
It is interesting that the same Jets fans who lampoon Van Roten also criticize the Alijah Vera-Tucker draft trade up. At least Douglas covered that guard position.