Tag: 2020 New York Jets

5 head-coaching candidates who have worked with Joe Douglas before

Joe Douglas has a few connections with the Ravens and Eagles that could procure the Jets’ next head coach.

The Jets’ search for a new head coach kicked into high gear this week with multiple interviews. There are still some coaches Joe Douglas will likely want to talk to, though, before making his final decision on who will lead the Jets next season.

Before the Jets hired him, Douglas spent a lot of time with the Ravens and the Eagles – two franchises known to produce good teams and good coaches. Douglas met a lot of potential head coaches along the way, too, some of which even became head coaches for other teams. He could tap into that network during his search as he inches closer to making a hire.

Here are five candidates the Jets could consider who have worked with Douglas in the past.

Joe Douglas talks Jets coaching search, firing Gase, Darnold’s future

Here are the main takeaways from Joe Douglas’s season-ending press conference.

Joe Douglas had a chance to share his outlook on the Jets’ future on Tuesday as he gets set to embark on his first head-coaching hire.

Douglas talked about how difficult it was for the Jets to fire Adam Gase, the traits he wants in a new head coach, Sam Darnold’s future and some other offseason goals.

The Jets’ general manager was disappointed in the team’s performance this season, but Douglas is excited for what the future holds heading into the offseason.

Twitter reacts after Jets fire Adam Gase

Here’s how Jets fans reacted to the news of Adam Gase being fired.

It’s been brewing for weeks now, but the Jets have finally fired head coach Adam Gase after two years.

Gase finished his Jets tenure with a 9-23 record and failed to make the playoffs in each of his two seasons. The Jets got off to their worst start in franchise history at 0-13 this year until finally winning their first game in Week 15 against the Rams. New York was able to win one more game the following week against the Browns but ultimately couldn’t do enough to save his job. Now, the Jets will look for yet another head coach this offseason.

Jets fans, the majority displeased with Gase since the beginning, took to social media to voice their satisfaction with the firing on Sunday night.

Adam Gase finishes with third-worst winning percentage in Jets history

Adam Gase finished his Jets tenure with the third-worst winning percentage among all-time Jets head coaches.

Adam Gase will be remembered as one of the worst head coaches in Jets history.

Gase, fired following Sunday’s 28-14 loss against the Patriots and a 2-14 campaign, went 9-23 in two seasons with the Jets. Gase’s .281 winning percentage is good for third-worst all-time among Jets head coaches. Only Rich Kotite (.125 percent) and Lou Holtz (.231 percent) had worse winning percentages than Gase.

The Gase era in New York was bad from the beginning. In Gase’s first season as the head man in 2019, the Jets got off to a 0-4 start. Sam Darnold missing three games with mononucleosis played a big part in that. However, after winning in Darnold’s return, the Jets then lost their next three games and fell to 1-7. At that point, year one for Gase looked to be like a complete dud.

The Jets rallied for the final eight games, though, winning six of their last eight thanks in large part to Gregg Williams’ defense. Gase managed to salvage some of his first season with that stretch, but he still finished his first season as Jets head coach with a 7-9 record.

Nothing went right for Gase in year two. The Jets were the worst team in the NFL for 14 weeks until they finally captured a win in Week 15 over the Rams. Gase was able to win two of his last three games, but it was too little, too late. The Jets finished 2-14.

Decade of disaster: Jets own NFL’s longest active playoff drought

The Jets have the NFL’s longest active playoff drought at 10 years.

After another season without making the postseason, the Jets own the NFL’s longest active playoff drought.

The Browns previously owned the longest playoff drought at 18 years, but they officially clinched their spot in this year’s playoffs with a win over the Steelers on Sunday. Now the Jets have taken the lead with 10 years of not making the postseason.

The last time the Jets made it past Week 17 was in 2010, when Rex Ryan was the head coach. They made the AFC Championship game and lost for the second consecutive year.

This is the second-longest playoff drought in Jets franchise history. New York had an 11-year playoff drought from 1970 to 1980 before finally making the postseason in 1981.

In the last 10 years, the Jets have had one winning season. That came in Todd Bowles’ first season as head coach in 2015, when the Jets finished 10-6. However, they failed to make the playoffs that season after losing to Ryan’s Bills in the season finale.

New York will enter the 2021 season coming off its second-worst record in franchise history at 2-14. Only Rich Kotite’s 1996 Jets had a worse record than the 2020 Jets under Adam Gase.

Unless the Jets have a major turnaround next season, their playoff drought could tie for the longest in team history.

Jets injury report: Bless Austin among 3 questionable for season finale vs. Patriots

The Jets have three players listed as questionable for their Week 17 game against the
Patriots.

The Jets could be without two cornerbacks in their season finale against the Patriots.

CB Bless Austin (illness) is listed as questionable for Sunday’s game in Foxborough. He failed to practice all week. CB Javelin Guidry (knee) and WR Jeff Smith (knee) are also questionable after practicing on a limited basis on Friday. Everyone else on the Jets’ injury report was a full participant in Friday’s practice.

The Patriots will be without C David Andrews (calf), RB Damien Harris (ankle) and G Shaquille Mason (calf). The Patriots have 16 players listed as questionable, but only LB Anfernee Jennings (shoulder) and LB Terez Hall didn’t practice this week. The remaining 14 players were all limited in practice on Friday.

Here’s a look at their entire list of questionable players:

LB Ja’Whaun Bentley (shoulder) – LP
DB Justin Bethel (neck) – LP
DT Adam Butler (shoulder) – LP
LB Shilique Calhoun (knee) – LP
LS Joe Cardona (ankle) – LP
DT Byron Cowart (back) – LP
T Jermaine Eluemunor (ankle) – LP
K Nick Folk (back) – LP
DT Lawrence Guy (shoulder) – LP
LB Terez Hall (ankle) – DNP
T Justin Herron (ankle) – LP
CB J.C. Jackson (knee) – LP
LB Anfernee Jennings (shoulder) – DNP
S Devin McCourty (shoulder) – LP
WR Donte Moncrief (thigh) – LP
WR Matt Slater (knee) – LP

Jets designate guards Alex Lewis, Greg Van Roten to return to practice

The Jets have designated guard Alex Lewis and Greg Van Roten to return to practice this week.

The Jets may finally have their starting offensive line together in Sunday’s season finale against the Patriots.

New York designated guards Alex Lewis and Greg Van Roten to return to practice this week in preparation for Week 17. Josh Andrews and Pat Elflein have taken the place of Lewis and Van Roten while they’ve been out.

Lewis has been on the NFI list since Dec. 4, when he had to take care of some personal issues. Prior to that, Lewis started in nine games for the Jets this season at left guard.

As for Van Roten, he’s been out since Dec. 12 with a foot injury. He was the Jets’ starting right guard for 12 games before going down with the injury. Van Roten had not missed a single snap until he got injured.

Jamison Crowder, Tarell Basham among Jets’ Studs & Duds in Week 16 win over Browns

Here are the Jets’ Studs and Duds in their Week 16 victory over the Cleveland Browns.

The Jets finally reclaimed their turf after losing their first seven home games of the season.

New York won its first game at MetLife Stadium this season with a 23-16 victory over the Cleveland Browns. It certainly wasn’t a pretty game, but Sam Darnold played well enough to give his team a chance to get the win. The Jets defense, meanwhile, made it difficult on the Browns offense all game, forcing two turnovers and stifling their running attack.

The win clinched the No. 2 overall pick in the 2021 NFL draft for the Jets. That means no Trevor Lawrence and a whole lot of questions about the quarterback position entering the offseason.

For now, though, let’s take a look at the Jets’ Studs and Duds from their Week 16 win.

The Browns have more wins at MetLife Stadium than the Jets in 2020

The Cleveland Browns have won more games at MetLife Stadium this year than the Jets have.

The Jets’ home turf has been kinder to their Week 16 opponent this year than it has been to them.

The Jets are a miserable 0-7 at MetLife Stadium this season; their first win of the year came last weekend in Los Angeles. The Browns, meanwhile, are a perfect 1-0 in East Rutherford in 2020. Cleveland defeated MetLife Stadium’s other tenant, the Giants, last week, 20-6. Now the Browns are back in Jersey for a second consecutive week to take on the Jets.

Not only are the Jets winless at home, but they have been outscored 197-122 by their road opponents. So much for home-field advantage being a thing.

New York has also blown three opportunities to win a game at MetLife Stadium this season. The first came in Week 4 against the Broncos. The Jets had a one-point lead over Denver with under seven minutes left in the game. They allowed the Broncos to drive 40 yards down the field to kick a field goal and take a two-point lead. On the ensuing possession, the Jets turned it over on downs. Broncos RB Melvin Gordon took one to the house on the next play, giving his team a nine-point win.

The next chance the Jets choked away at hom came against the Patriots in Week 9. The Jets were up 27-17 entering the fourth quarter, but the Patriots managed to score on each of their final three possessions, including a game-winning, 51-yard field goal by Nick Folk as time expired. Joe Flacco threw a costly interception in the fourth quarter as well.

The worst of the home losses was against the Las Vegas Raiders just a few weeks ago. The Jets were up by four points with 35 seconds left in the game and the Raiders had the ball 61 yards away from the end zone. Las Vegas gained 15 yards on its first play before Derek Carr had to spike the ball and proceeded to throw an incomplete pass. But with 13 seconds left and the Raiders 46 yards out from the end zone, former Jets defensive coordinator Gregg Williams dialed up an all-out blitz, leaving rookie cornerback Lamar Jackson on the speedy Henry Ruggs III. The Raiders rookie burned Jackson for a 46-yard touchdown to give the Raiders the stunning win.

Williams was fired the next morning.

The Jets have had their opportunities to win at home this season, but they have shot themselves in the foot every time. Now, with Sunday’s game against the Browns being Gang Green’s last home game, the Jets run the risk of Cleveland finishing 2020 with more wins at MetLife Stadium than them.

Jets, Browns cleared for kickoff after Cleveland loses wide receivers to COVID-19 contact

The Jets and Browns have been cleared for kickoff.

Update Dec. 27, 9:49 a.m.

The Jets and Browns have been cleared for kickoff despite Cleveland losing several players to close COVID-19 contact, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

Update Dec. 26, 6:07 p.m.

The Browns announced that they have placed WR Rashard Higgins, WR KhaDarel Hodge, WR Jarvis Landry, WR Donovan Peoples-Jones & LB Jacob Phillips on the reserve/COVID-19 list. All are out against the Jets.

Cleveland elevated (Contagious Disease Addendum) WR Ja’Marcus Bradley, LB Montrel Meander and WR Derrick Willies from its practice squad.

Update Dec. 26, 5:49 p.m.

The Week 16 matchup between the Jets and Browns is still on as of now, but Cleveland could be down multiple wide receivers, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Chris Mortensen.

Jarvis Landry, Rashard Higgins and Donovan People-Jones were deemed high-risk-close-contacts. The Browns could be without all three on Sunday as they await further instructions.

In addition, Cleveland also placed WR KhaDarel Hodge and LB Jacob Phillips on the reserve/COVID-19 list, per Cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot. Both will miss Sunday’s game.

The Cleveland Browns have delayed their flight to New Jersey ahead of Sunday’s game against the Jets after one of their players tested positive for COVID-19.

Contract tracing is underway and Cleveland has closed its training facility. The team will hold meetings remotely.

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The Jets and Browns are scheduled to kick off at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday at MetLife Stadium. No announcements have been made regarding the game’s status at this time.

Stay tuned for more updates.