The large information throughout the NFL on Tuesday is the New York Jets’ determination to fireplace Robert Saleh after he had been their head coach for 3 seasons and alter.
Previous to being employed by New York for the 2021 season, he had spent 4 seasons because the San Francisco 49ers’ defensive coordinator beneath head coach Kyle Shanahan.
Shanahan admitted that he was “fairly shocked” by the Jets giving Saleh the axe, per 95.7 The Sport.
“Yeah I used to be fairly shocked,” Shanahan mentioned.
Kyle Shanahan on the firing of Robert Saleh: “Yeah I used to be fairly shocked.” pic.twitter.com/8rNVy6SxWo
— 95.7 The Sport (@957thegame) October 8, 2024
Saleh had beforehand spent a few years as an assistant for the Houston Texans, Seattle Seahawks and Jacksonville Jaguars earlier than the Niners employed him previous to the 2017 marketing campaign.
Because the Niners introduced in expertise on the defensive aspect of the soccer, Saleh made them into an elite defensive crew, which was ok to get them to the brink of successful the Tremendous Bowl championship in the course of the 2019 season.
As soon as he was fired on Tuesday, there was prompt hypothesis about whether or not he might return to his prior publish in San Francisco, nevertheless it appears like that received’t be occurring.
The most recent on Robert Saleh and what his plans for the remainder of the season are in line with @MikeSilver 👀#49ers || #FTTB pic.twitter.com/q7tbcy2OTu
— OurSF49ers (@OurSf49ers) October 8, 2024
There has additionally been hypothesis that Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers orchestrated Saleh’s firing, though there isn’t any concrete proof to assist that rumor, a minimum of not proper now.
New York is 2-3, and whereas it could possibly be argued that a few performs going the opposite means may’ve resulted in them being a minimum of 3-2 proper now, its offense is clearly struggling.
Rodgers merely isn’t the participant he was simply three or 4 years in the past, and working again Breece Corridor, who was regarded as a rising star, is averaging a weak 3.0 yards per carry via 5 video games.
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