Robert Saleh’s tenure because the New York Jets head coach is over.
The Jets fired Saleh on Tuesday, crew proprietor Woody Johnson introduced in an announcement. ESPN was first to report the news. New York obtained off to a disappointing 2-3 begin to the season following Aaron Rodgers’ return from an Achilles harm.Â
Saleh, 45, was in the midst of his fourth season with the franchise. He went 20-36 throughout his tenure. The Jets employed Saleh forward of the 2021 season after his notable four-year tenure because the San Francisco 49ers’ defensive coordinator, which included a Tremendous Bowl look after the 2019 season. Saleh continued to have success on protection throughout his stint with the Jets, as his unit in New York completed fourth in yards allowed in 2022 and third in yards allowed in 2023.Â
Saleh was “blindsided” by Johnson’s choice to fireside him after displaying as much as his workplace within the crew facility as ordinary on Tuesday morning, he instructed FOX Sports activities senior NFL insider Jay Glazer, and is “dissatisfied” he is not going to get an opportunity to show round a “excellent roster.”
Saleh additionally reportedly has no plans to hitch one other crew’s employees as a marketing consultant via the rest of the 2024 season, and can as a substitute put together for the subsequent hiring cycle, the place he’ll doubtless be considered one of many high defensive coordinator candidates avaliable.
The Jets’ protection obtained off to a different spectacular begin below Saleh to open the 2024 season, rating second in yards allowed (255.8 per sport). Nonetheless, the offensive struggles that plagued and finally doomed Saleh’s tenure continued via the primary 5 video games of the season, even with a wholesome Rodgers. The Jets rank twenty seventh in whole offense (286.6 yards per sport) and twenty fifth in scoring (18.6 factors per sport) regardless of Rodgers’ return.Â
These offensive struggles had been on full show within the Jets’ final two video games. New York was upset by the Denver Broncos, 10-9, at residence in Week 4 earlier than falling to the Minnesota Vikings, 23-17, in London on Sunday. Within the loss to the Vikings, Rodgers threw three interceptions, together with a pick-six. Nonetheless, offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett — who has a detailed relationship with Rodgers, will reportedly stay in place regardless of some on the Jets believing Hackett was extra more likely to be fired than Saleh coming into this week, per SNY.
The Jets had notably excessive expectations coming into 2024 as they had been ready to lastly have Rodgers wholesome after buying and selling for him in 2023. Rodgers tore his achilles tendon 4 snaps into his Jets debut in September 2023, sidelining him for the remainder of the season.Â
However there have been additionally fixed questions over how robust Saleh’s relationship with Rodgers, particularly in latest months after the quarterback missed necessary minicamp in June.
Jets fireplace HC Robert Saleh, Emmanuel Acho reacts
Either side, nonetheless, continued to publicly insist that their relationship was “nice.” But nonetheless robust Rodgers’ relationship with Saleh was, it wasn’t robust sufficient to avoid wasting the top coach his job. Not solely is Saleh the primary coach fired within the 2024 NFL season, however he’s additionally the primary head coach that Johnson has fired in the midst of the season over his 25 years of proudly owning the crew.
Defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich would be the Jets’ interim coach, FOX Sports’ Peter Schrager reported. Ulbrich, 47, has been the Jets’ defensive coordinator for the final 4 seasons below Saleh.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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