In 1999, with Parcells in his third season as the Jets’ head coach, he lost starting quarterback Vinny Testaverde in the first game of the season to a torn Achilles tendon.
Bill Parcells knows what Robert Saleh is feeling this week.
In 1999, with Parcells in his third season as the Jets’ head coach, he lost starting quarterback Vinny Testaverde in the first game of the season to a torn Achilles tendon.
All of the team’s Super Bowl hopes vanished as Testaverde clutched his leg on the Meadowlands turf.
Parcells was watching the Jets-Bills game on Monday night when he saw Aaron Rodgers go down with his own Achilles tear, lowering expectations for this year’s team.
On Tuesday, Parcells spoke to The Post about the situation.
“I think a coach’s challenge is your team has to have hope,” Parcells said. “You have to have hope. If the nucleus they built up there, if that was good enough to win, I think you’ll see a highly competitive team.
