Saturday marked Woody Johnson's 25th anniversary as the owner of the Jets. On Jan. 11, 2000, he purchased the team from the Leon Hess estate for $635 million, which was a record for an NFL franchise at the time.

While Woody Johnson is on the receiving end of much ridicule from assorted VOS Gasbags and mouths from other media precincts, he is rarely given credit for presiding over the NFL’s most entertaining reality show.

For the first time in NFL history, a press conference meant to formally introduce a new head coach had suddenly turned into a resignation announcement. Woody Johnson was in the process of purchasing the Jets franchise from the Hess family,