Robert Saleh Wearing Lebanese Flag on Outfit Played a Part in Jets Firing: Joe Benigno

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Joe Benigno said he couldn’t help but get political when discussing Jets coach Robert Saleh’s firing on Tuesday following two straight losses to the Vikings and Broncos.

The sports radio personality said he believes that Saleh’s wardrobe — when he wore a patch of the Lebanese flag on his team sweatshirt during Gang Green’s 23-17 loss to the Vikings on Sunday — had something to do with Jets owner Woody Johnson pulling the plug on his head coach.

“I gotta say something else and I hate to get political but I have to in this case,” Benigno said during an appearance on “The Jake Asman Show” Tuesday.

“Saleh had the flag of Lebanon on his shirt the other day in London. Now we all know what’s going on in the Middle East. There is no sugarcoating of what’s going on in the Middle East. We all know about Hezbollah firing all these rockets out of Lebanon, and all what’s going on there, into Israel.

“… We know he is Muslim. I think he is representing the people of Lebanon because I don’t believe the people of Lebanon really are happy with Hezbollah. I don’t think that’s the case at all. And I wonder if that has played into this in a way as well because I did see this on the regular news that this was actually brought up.”

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