The New York Jets (2-3) suffered their second straight loss and third of the season in Week 5, however as a substitute of going again to the drafting board, they panicked.
On Tuesday, the Jets determined to hearth head coach Robert Saleh in essentially the most shocking transfer of the season so far. The crew then named defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich its interim head coach.
Saleh didn’t have the tenure he seemingly imagined in New York with a document of 20-36, however he did his finest with six totally different quarterbacks whereas constructing the most effective defenses within the league.
The most recent, after all, is Aaron Rodgers, who might have had a say in Saleh’s firing for the reason that two did not appear to attach.
Rodgers has had a say in among the Jets’ previous strikes, corresponding to reuniting him with offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett and vast receivers Allen Lazard and Randall Cobb. They will not be the one vast receivers to reunite with Rodgers, both.
Based on NFL insider Jordan Schultz, Saleh’s firing doesn’t have an effect on New York’s curiosity in buying and selling for Raiders vast receiver Davante Adams, however that is a dialog for one more time.
Proprietor Woody Johnson wanted any person responsible for the crew’s disappointing begin to the season and determined that individual wasn’t going to be the 40-year-old quarterback who was supposed to save lots of the franchise.
Via 5 video games, Rodgers has thrown for 1,093 yards, seven touchdowns and 4 interceptions.
Saleh turns into the primary head coach to be fired 5 video games into a daily season for the reason that Carolina Panthers, one other dysfunctional group, fired Matt Rhule after a 1-4 begin in 2022.
As for Rodgers, he’ll now have no one else responsible however himself if the Jets offense, which is averaging the sixth-fewest complete yards per sport (286.6) and eighth-fewest factors per sport (18.6), continues to battle.
The Jets went all in on Rodgers within the spring of 2023 in a considerably determined transfer. Nevertheless, their determination on Tuesday might have been much more determined as Rodgers appears to have much more energy inside the group.
New York hosts the Buffalo Payments (3-2) in Week 6 on “Monday Night time Soccer” for a chunk of first place within the AFC East.
