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Mekhi Becton Doesn’t Want to Play at “Shitty” MetLife Stadium

By Kyle Pagan

Published: Oct 17th, 2024 · 1:33 PM EDT

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Mekhi Becton is heading back to MetLife for the first time since he was a Jet and he doesn’t want anything to do with it. This is from Jeff Kerr at CBS Sports:

There was no beating around the bush when Mekhi Becton was asked about MetLife Stadium. The Philadelphia Eagles starting right guard played in that stadium for the first five years of his career with the New York Jets. He doesn’t have many fond memories.

“I don’t wanna play in that shitty stadium,” Becton said Wednesday. “It’s bad. Everything is just bad about that stadium. I don’t really like it. I’m just glad I only gotta do it one time a year. Just gotta go in there, do my 1-11 and go home.”

Becton had a series of injuries during his time with the Jets, but never on the MetLife Stadium turf — which is vilified around the NFL. His knee injury occurred in North Carolina, but still didn’t have positive things to say regarding the turf at MetLife. 

“You can just tell the difference like if you was to get on that turf and (then) go on a different turf,” Becton said. “You can tell. It’s a night and day difference in turf. It just feels lifted. There’s a lot of things that doesn’t feel right about that turf.”

It’s amazing how bad MetLife is top to bottom. It’s literally just a hunk of concrete and steel. Absolutely zero personality to the entire thing. The Vet had more character and that place was a dump. You take one look at this thing and you can’t believe it was built seven years after The Linc. Somehow it’s hosted a Super Bowl and will be hosting the World Cup Final. They should drop a bomb on MetLife stadium and start over. Nothing about it is good. The tailgating sucks, the public transit sucks, and the location sucks. It looks like a gigantic HVAC unit on the outside. It’s the ugliest thing in East Rutherford and that’s saying a lot if you’ve been to East Rutherford. It’s a dungeon of sadness that sucks the soul out of you as soon as you walk in it. It’s perfect for being a Jets and Giants fan. And that’s before we even get into the turf. I don’t even think the Giants would be angry at Mekhi Becton for saying this. This is probably the first time a Jets fan has cheered for Mekhi Becton since he was drafted. I hate holding my breath every time the Eagles play at MetLife. This team hasn’t won by two scores in almost a year so it’s not like they’re going to come in and blow out the Giants early and rest the starters. The last thing we need is someone blowing a wheel when we’ve already got a grocery list on the injury report.

The NFL should phase MetLife out like MetLife is doing to Fireman Ed apparently:

Fireman Ed claims he’s being phased out at Jets games: ‘Something was going on’ https://t.co/LX9DiknATc pic.twitter.com/RldpWZ4D0e

— New York Post (@nypost) October 16, 2024

Speaking of Fireman Ed, that team should’ve never let him back in the stadium after he turned his back on the them post Butt Fumble. You shouldn’t just get to waltz back in here after giving up. You’re a Jets fan, for god’s sake. This is your life. This is the covenant you’ve signed. You and everyone who wears Jets green and white are habitual losers now and until you are six feet in the ground. Phase you out? They should’ve done it 15 years ago. You’re on the 16th minute of your 15 minutes. The laugh from Al Michaels at the end is the most emotion he’s shown on the broadcast in a decade:

“Fireman Ed has been here for years, took a brief respite a few years ago after the butt fumble game when he said, ‘I’m not coming back.’ But he did.” pic.twitter.com/BfqUCm9yDz

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) September 20, 2024

When I saw Fireman Ed on the TV screen on Monday I almost turned it off. The reason why the Jets are the laughingstock that they are is because they let losers like Fireman Ed be a major part of their franchise. Could you imagine Eagles Shirley or Philly Sports Guy on the jumbotron before the game firing us up and leading us into battle with an “EAGLES” chant? Me neither. Because we have respect and decorum and we’re not a bunch of mouth breathers that need a fireman to tell us when to cheer on defense:

 

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“They’re phasing me out of JetLife stadium.”

The Wildcat offense, the wishbone, and Fireman Ed. Stuff the NFL left in the past.