Last season was a rocky year for New York Jets wide receiver Elijah Moore as he requested a trade from the team midway through the season due to a lack of targets during games. The team refused to part ways with him as he finished the season as one of the team’s top receivers.
We are now finding out this behavior with the team was worse than previously reported.
Elijah Moore got frustrated when he wasn’t targeted a single time in a Week Six win over the Green Bay Packers. Zach Rosenblatt of The Athletic reported on Thursday he exploded on Jets offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur, saying “go f— yourself” and “you suck.”
“His frustration spilled into practice that week. That Thursday, Moore surprised teammates and coaches by blowing up on LaFleur, telling him to ‘go f— yourself’ and ‘you suck,’ according to multiple people who witnessed the interaction. LaFleur and Saleh ultimately decided to send Moore home to cool off. That night, he requested a trade,” Rosenblatt wrote in The Athletic.
The report added that Jets head coach Robert Saleh diffused the situation. Both Moore and LaFleur “hugged it out” and there were no issues the rest of the season.
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The New York Jets parted ways with Mike LaFleur once their season was over, and are now in the market for a new OC.
The second-year wide receiver had 37 catches for 446 yards and scored one touchdown in 16 games this season.
In his rookie year, he had 43 catches for 538 yards and scored five touchdowns in 11 games.
