Curses! Crisis management is a big part of every NFL head coach’s job, especially the HC of the NYJ.
When Saleh talked in June about finding the team’s identity, he said he wouldn’t know the answer until it had to deal with adversity.
“I’ve said it before: The NFL train stops for nobody,” Saleh said Saturday night after a 23-14 win against the Green Bay Packers.
As the San Francisco 49ers’ defensive coordinator in 2020, he lost top pass-rusher Nick Bosa to a torn ACL in Week 2 and several other starters throughout the course of the season, yet still managed to finish 17th in yards allowed and fifth in points allowed.
Adams’ average per year for tops at the position, so now the next group of safeties up for new deals will be looking to capitalize.
Maye, unable to strike a deal with the Jets before the July 15 deadline, is playing on the franchise tag — $10.6 million.
Maye is not on their level as a player, but that much of a financial disparity is not likely to sit well with the Maye camp.
Kudos to Adams for getting that much from the Seahawks, but it doesn’t change my opinion of the trade.
Becton needs to figure it out quickly because failure to perform could be hazardous to the health of the quarterback.
The Jets’ staff got a good look at the Green Bay Packers, just as it will this week with the Philadelphia Eagles visiting the Jets’ facility on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Sometimes teams are paranoid about joint practices because they fear the other side will leak the practice tape to another team, but there was a trust factor between the Jets and Packers.
Sponges: Quarterback Zach Wilson spent time picking the brain of Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who offered tips on how to run a two-minute drive.
“I wanted to give them a couple of things to maybe think about in their own room,” Rodgers said.
Farewell, coach: The passing of former Jets coach Joe Walton, 85, struck an emotional chord because he was the first coach I covered on the beat.
Walton was fired after that season, but he always reminded me of that newspaper story whenever I called him in the ensuing years.
“He found his niche at the end of his life,” said former Jet Marty Lyons, referring to Walton’s run at Robert Morris University from 1994 to 2013.
He always will be remembered for his championships with the New York Giants, but his impact on the Jets was immeasurable.