One other week, one other loss the Jets try to place behind them.
After a brutal additional time loss to the Dolphins final Sunday, the Jets are 3-10 and are formally eradicated from playoff rivalry for the 14th consecutive yr. Whereas the Jets will probably be at house for the postseason once more, they nonetheless have 4 video games remaining within the 2024 season.
Gang Inexperienced has clearly made the naughty this yr, however it’s time to reply some questions on this week’s mailbag.
Jets followers ought to ask Santa Claus for a lot of issues this Christmas. Nevertheless, the individuals asking for an possession change, don’t seem like getting their want.
With proprietor Woody Johnson main the final supervisor and training hires, the Jets want to search out candidates who might help them remove the loser gene that extensive receiver Garrett Wilson mentioned the crew may need throughout his postgame press convention on Sunday.
Johnson ought to rent Lions assistant common supervisor Ray Agnew because the Jets common supervisor. Agnew performed within the NFL for 11 seasons and gained a Tremendous Bowl with the Rams in 1999. His son, Ray Agnew III, can also be a scout within the Jets group.
Johnson ought to then enable Agnew to rent no matter coach he desires. The Jets want a coach who’s a pacesetter of males and somebody who can construct a tradition as a result of they want a corporation enema.
Coaches who I want to see with the Jets embrace former Titans coach Mike Vrabel, Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores, Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn, or Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken.
Over the last 14 seasons, the Jets have been on Santa’s naughty checklist. They’re lengthy overdue for somebody to tug them from that darkish abyss and place them on the good checklist for as soon as.
I imagine that since Johnson is getting recommendation from The thirty third Group, the Jets will rent a common supervisor earlier than hiring a coach. In 2019, the Jets did the exact opposite, which many Jets followers keep in mind.
After firing Todd Bowles in 2018, the Jets employed Adam Gase as their coach. Months later, they fired common supervisor Mike Maccagnan and changed him with Joe Douglas, whom Johnson fired final month after five-plus seasons.
It’s normally widespread apply to rent a common supervisor earlier than hiring a coach when a crew has each vacancies. However that is the Jets, and Johnson is unpredictable, so who is aware of what the crew does.
That is determined by what you imply by an entire teardown and rebuild.
I imagine the Jets will promote candidates on the younger basis of their crew. That features cornerback Sauce Gardner, extensive receiver Garrett Wilson, working again Breece Corridor, sort out Olu Fashanu, and edge rushers Jermaine Johnson and Will McDonald.
Nevertheless, the following common supervisor could have some powerful selections to make, together with whether or not to carry again Aaron Rodgers after this disastrous season. As well as, Gardner, Wilson, Corridor, and Johnson will probably be up for contract extensions.
Gardner and Wilson will probably have their fifth-year choices exercised, giving the Jets some added safety. As a result of he was a second-round decide, Corridor doesn’t have that luxurious, so the Jets’ subsequent common supervisor might want to determine whether or not they’re fascinated by extending him or comfy letting him go into 2025, the ultimate yr of his contract.
Johnson is fascinating as a result of the Jets can decide up his fifth-year choice. However after one among three good years within the league and him coming off an Achilles harm, the Jets may determine to say no the choice, which is estimated at round $14.7 million, in accordance with Over The Cap.
In the end, for anybody who will not be a centerpiece participant, I anticipate the Jets to maneuver on from subsequent offseason.
For many who don’t know, McCown, who performed for the Jets from 2017-18, is at present the Vikings’ quarterbacks coach. Many have credited him with Sam Darnold‘s turnaround this season.
Darnold has thrown for 3,299 yards, 28 touchdowns, and 10 interceptions in 13 games. I don’t know if McCown is able to be a head teaching candidate but, but when Flores had been to take the Jets teaching job, McCown would possibly turn into the offensive coordinator.
Additionally, Darnold is ready to be a free agent following the 2024 season. I’m uncertain if a Jets reunion is within the works, however perhaps having Flores and/or McCown on the teaching workers may persuade Darnold to present it one other go together with the Jets.
