Four Verts: Jets changed nothing about the near future, while Jon Gruden is breaking the internet (and brains)

Week 5 is in the books, which means it’s time for a brand spanking new Four Verts column. This time, starting off with a coach that has no chance of being a part of the NFL again, but he has taken social media by storm this week.

As everyone knows by now, Jets head coach Robert Saleh was the first coach this season to bite the dust and end up back on the market. The Jets’ 23-17 loss against the Vikings in London was apparently too much for team owner Woody Johnson to bear, causing him to make a change ahead of next week’s Monday Night Football matchup against the division rival Buffalo Bills.

Despite having one of the best defenses in the NFL once again, the defensive-minded head coach was sent packing. It’s understandable that Johnson would want a bit more from a team that’s supposed to be fighting for Super Bowl contention this year, but it’s hard to see how this move actually changes anything in the near future.

The offensive infrastructure is the biggest problem with this team and that infrastructure is still in place. Todd Downing may be taking over the play-calling duties, which could help, but it’s unlikely the offense will actually look that much better for the rest of this season. The offensive line has struggled, the Jets can’t run the ball and they just flat-out aren’t that creative on offense to the point where it’s difficult to see how they could turn this around just because Saleh got fired. The defense wasn’t the problem at all, and now they’ve left themselves somewhat exposed on that side of the ball due to Saleh’s exit.

The Jets’ offense with Aaron Rodgers hasn’t improved a ton over the Jets’ offense without him. (Via TruMedia)

Aaron Rodgers has to play better and absolutely can’t repeat his performance last week where he threw three interceptions against a tough Vikings defense — they don’t appear to have the horses or ingenuity to overcome a spree of turnovers like that. The problems are the problems. Even if firing…

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Publish date : 2024-10-09 21:29:20

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