ST. LOUIS — Ex-Jet Rob Turner kicked his old team when it was down Thursday, labeling Gang Green “the Chicago Cubs of football.”
Turner, a backup offensive lineman with the Jets for five years before signing with St. Louis in the offseason, compared them to baseball’s loveable losers as part of his explanation why Jets fans always seem so impatient and demanding.
“People there want results and expect results, and right down the road we had the Giants who won [two] Super Bowls, so the expectations are there,” Turner said as the Rams prepared to face his former club here Sunday at the Edward Jones Dome.
“The Jets haven’t won a Super Bowl since ’62 or ’61 [actually, 1969], so they’re hungry for one,” Turner added. “It’s the Cubs of football.”
Turner, perhaps best known as a Jet for initiating a fight in training camp with epic bust Vernon Gholston at the behest of the coaches for the “Hard Knocks” cameras in 2010, has been the Rams’ starting center since Week 2 because veteran Scott Wells was lost for the season due to injury.
Turner claimed to enjoy his time with the Jets but said the constant controversy coming out of their locker room can be blamed on players he wouldn’t name as much as the New York media market.
“The market lends to that, but some individuals may feed into it, too,” Turner said.