Jets Punter Braden Mann Received Hate Messages for Game Saving Tackle

The New York Jets potentially blew their chance to land superstar Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence when they won their first game of the season last week. Jets punter Braden Mann helped secure the win for the Jets when he made a nice tackle towards the end of the game.

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As a result, Jets fans were very upset at Mann, and of course they let him know about it.

All punter Braden Mann had to do was miss the tackle on #Rams Nsimba Webster for the TD. Bold move, Cotton. Just cost the team Trevor Lawrence and altered the arc of the Jets for a decade. pic.twitter.com/TQ6ZTcOvtR

— jackdoodlysquat (@jackdoodlysquat) December 21, 2020

“I got a few messages like that,” Mann said, via ESPN. “But whoever says something like that, I don’t think they ever tried to compete at something like this. For us, we get paid to play. We get paid to win.”

Jets P, Braden Mann replying to fans on his game saving tackle against the Rams on Sunday: "I got a few messages like that, but whoever says something like that, I don't think they ever tried to compete at something like this. For us, we get paid to play. We get paid to win." pic.twitter.com/P0Th3lVlIu

— Floodsters Sports Zone (@FloodstersZ) December 24, 2020

If Braden Mann had kicked the ball out of bounds then he wouldn’t have to make “another” tackle. How is nobody noticing the mediocre year he’s having? pic.twitter.com/zzwlfOrCOB

— CHRIS “TRIP” TRIPUCKA (@Tripucka17) December 21, 2020

"I like to think I laid on the wood a little bit, but I was never the biggest or most physical specimen," Braden Mann once told the Jets' web site. He switched to punter after playing linebacker as a high school freshman. His tackle may have just changed the Jets' next 15 years.

— Adam Kilgore (@AdamKilgoreWP) December 20, 2020

Braden Mann had the support of his teammates after making the game saving tackle.

“I couldn’t care less about the social media reaction, to be honest with you,” Mann added.

The Jets need to realize what’s at stake. No one cares if a team wins one game or goes winless, especially with Trevor Lawrence hanging in the balance.

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