Jets players can't watch themselves on HBO's 'Hard Knocks,' so one came up with a solution — to the detriment of his girlfriend
- The Jets are the focus of the 20th season of HBO's "Hard Knocks."
- While the show has made the team likable, the players can't watch the show at training camp.
One New York Jets player came up with a way to watch himself on "Hard Knocks," unfortunately for his girlfriend and her arm.
The latest season of the HBO reality sports docuseries debuted this week, and it already looks like a resounding success for the New York Jets and Aaron Rodgers. The butt-of-the-joke franchise and everybody's favorite villain quarterback are suddenly likable again.
There is just one problem: The Jets can't watch themselves on TV because they don't have HBO at their training camp hotel in Florham Park, New Jersey.
Cornerback DJ Reed came up with a workaround with the help of his girlfriend, her phone, and her arm. Reed FaceTimed with her during the show and had her hold the phone up to the TV.
But there were some hiccups.
"We don't have HBO, and I don't have HBO, so I had my girl download it," Reed told the media. "She was just FaceTiming me [mimics holding a phone up to TV] because I was in the hotel … Her hand started to get tired [mimics hand shaking], and I was like, 'Whoa, whoa, whoa! Straighten the camera back up.'"
Reed later added that he would have to rewatch the episode because she kept pausing to text other people during the show.
When Reed does get to sit down and watch it uninterrupted, he will probably notice that the episode spends a lot of time showing a more likable Rodgers. But he is not the only one to benefit, as people are also becoming new fans.
"I fell in love with the Jets team," former NFL player and current ESPN analyst Domonique Foxworth said on ESPN after the first episode.
Now Reed has four days to come up with a better solution for the second episode when it drops on Tuesday night.