D New York Jets He fired head coach Robert Saleh on Tuesday after just five games, leading the team to a 2-3 record.
The Jets have lost their last two games, including a 23-17 loss to the Minnesota Vikings in London.
Former six-year NFL veteran Solomon Wilcott criticized the Jets for firing Saleh during a recent appearance on Outkick.The Ricky Cobb Show
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New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers (8) talks with New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh during the first quarter of an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Adam Głódź)
“Listen, I know there's going to be a huge temptation to put this at Aaron Rodgers' people's feet. I'm not letting Aaron out of this thing because his fingerprints are on it. He wasn't the one who made the decision to fire Robert Salih – and by all reports it's not Joe Douglas either. It's all about the owner, Woody Johnson. “Remember that before the start of the 2021 season, when Robert Saleh was hired, Woody Johnson was the ambassador to England,” Wilcotts said.
Willcotts believes Johnson's dismissal of Salih was more a matter of football than attendance.
“He ended up in London, just, you know, having a good time there with his good friends, and now his team comes back to London and loses. Minnesota Vikings “Oh I gotta do something about this, I'm the guy who can fix it.” Everything indicates that he made this move arbitrarily because “I have to fix it, I don't want to.” waste years on Aaron Rodgers. But I can tell you now that when that match finished in London, you know what the real problem was, in attack,” Wilcotts added.
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Solomon Wilcotts on the SiriusXM radio set at the NFL Scouting Combine at the Indiana Convention Center. (Kirby Lee – USA TODAY Sports)
The Jets have scored a total of 26 points in their last two games and just 93 points in their first five games this season, matching their offensive output in five games last season. Jack Wilson was the quarterback.
“This is an offense with Nathaniel Hackett as the coordinator, Aaron Rodgers as the co-offensive coordinator, who decided they were going to run 108 passes in the last two games. Denver Broncos There was wind and rain and the conditions weren't even conducive to throwing the ball, and they used 54 passes in that game. They also threw the ball 54 times against the Minnesota Vikings in London. So in these two games, 108 balls were played compared to 37 runs played. Eight sacks, three interceptions, including a sixth pick on Aaron Rodgers. He intercepted the ball twice in the first quarter!” Wilcotts said.
“But we will fire the head coach because by all accounts he has built a great defense, Robert Saleh's defense is playing at the highest level and is one of the highest-rated defenses in the National Football League by any measure. Pass rush, pressure and coverage conditions.
“They have been sixth in points per game over the last three years, so when that game finished in London we were all concerned about what we would do to correct that offense, and even here we sit today. Robert Saleh's dismissal – the problem still remains the same!
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New York Jets coach Robert Saleh reacts during the first half of the game against the Minnesota Vikings at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. (Photos by Kirby Lee-Imagn)
The Jets were hoping Rodgers would turn around an offense that struggled during his absence last season. Despite their ineffectiveness on offense last season, the Jets managed to win seven games thanks to their elite defense.
The Jets have promoted defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich to interim head coach and will be eligible to play on the team.
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