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When Ty Johnson exclaims “Dog!” he could be referring to Tevin Coleman, his fellow Jets backers, after TC ran for 65 yards on the second kickoff return of his NFL career just over a week ago. On the international scene in London, nothing less.
But more likely, Johnson would interact with the type of canine dog, his puppies, which he found at his home in Cumberland, Md., During the week off.
“The first thing to do was love all my dogs. I have a purebred golden retriever and a St. Bernard / husky mix,” Johnson told Eric Allen and Leger Douzable near his other home, the Atlantic. Health Jets Training Center, on the Official Jets Podcast this week. “I’ll be bringing them back here, hopefully next week and we’ll see how it goes. There’s nothing like when you come home and have someone excited to see you and give you some love and everything. “
Any Johnson dog transport will wait after the Jets return to action on Sunday in New England. And while the Patriots have enjoyed a long streak of success playing against their AFC East rivals, they’re not necessarily excited to see the Jets’ ground game come home this weekend.
That’s because Johnson, with 50 rushing yards, and rookie RB Michael Carter, with 59 yards, paved the way for the Jets’ 152-yard rushing attack at 4.9 yards / range, which has made things interesting for a while in the Week 2 home loss to the Pats. That, plus Zach Wilson’s 210-yard passing game, comes close to how HC Robert Saleh and OC Mike LaFleur envision how this West Coast offense works. And how Johnson sees it too.
“It’s complementary football, at the end of the day,” said the Jets third fullback. “If the running game is going the passing game will be good and if the passing game is going the running game will be good. And I think the full backs as a unit we take responsibility. it’s blocked, we have to be explosive, and if it’s not blocked, we still have to get positive yards. That always falls on the running game, no matter which team it is.
