Adam Gase’s first season with the Jets featured a little bit of good and a lot of bad.

New York was supposed to be on its way back to contender status with Gase at the helm. Instead, due to injuries and incompetence across the board, the Jets sputtered to a 1-7 start, putting themselves out of playoff contention earlier than anyone at One Jets Drive could have imagined entering the year. Gase did well to rally the troops and finish 7-9, but New York didn’t exactly go through a gauntlet to get to seven wins.

Gase isn’t the only first-year head coach who experienced disappointment in 2019, though. Alternatively, there are plenty of other first-year coaches that achieved great success throughout the year.

With that being said, let’s take a look at how Gase stacked up against other first-year head coaches last season.

Zac Taylor

Taylor posted a 2-14 record in his first season with the Bengals, but it’s hard to blame him for Cincinnati’s shortcomings in 2019.

Taylor inherited a roster seriously deprived of talent. His quarterbacks were over the hill Andy Dalton and rookie Ryan Finley, who was clearly not up to the task of being an NFL quarterback despite putting together a solid career at NC State. He didn’t have A.J. Green all year and Joe Mixon wasn’t able to do much on the ground because of the atrocious offensive line he runs behind.

The good news for Taylor and the Bengals is there is hope for the future. Cincinnati has the No. 1 pick in the 2020 NFL draft and will likely go with LSU quarterback Joe Burrow, giving Taylor a young signal caller to mold and build around moving forward.