The New York Jets drafted Aaron Glenn in 1994, in the first round. He spent eight seasons playing in the Big Apple, going toe to toe with some of the best quarterbacks: Joe Montana, Steve Young, Jim Kelly, and Dan Marino, and he made the Pro Bowl three times.
The New York Jets inherited a major issue from the Denver Broncos. They would do well to copy the Broncos’ way out of it. The seeds of the Jets’ dysfunction in 2023-24 were arguably sown when they brought in Nathaniel Hackett to be their offensive coordinator — the same Hackett who didn’t even last a full season with the Broncos.
After a turbulent 2024 that brought a significant step back — and some unusual headlines to close out the year — the Jets have some big-picture issues to navigate.
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The New York Jets offense has been unable to find a groove this season and the problems seem to go all the way back at who calls the plays. Back in Week 6, the Jets made a change in play caller from Nathaniel Hackett to quarterbacks coach Todd Downing.
With an established top tier and some young options revealing themselves last season, here is a look at where clubs' QB depth charts stand. Contracts and long-term outlooks do not factor in here; these rankings apply only to 2025 on-field capabilities.
The Bills took command of the AFC East with their 23-20 road win against the Jets on Monday night. Here are five takeaways from the Week 6 finale.
As it turns out, the Jets looked into a few more experienced play-callers before ultimately sticking with Hackett.
Hackett was stripped of play-calling duties following the firing of Robert Saleh, but is nonetheless remaining with the Jets as the team tries to salvage a season that came with high expectations.
Jets OC Nathaniel Hackett became the first coordinator to lose his job this season but he won’t be the last. The NFL is legendary for its coaching turnover but the instability is far worse for coordinators than it is head coaches.
Todd Downing's debut week as the New York Jets offensive play-caller has been quite the rollercoaster. After stepping into the role following the firing of head coach Robert Saleh and the demotion of Nathaniel Hackett, Downing is now at the helm of an offense that's been consistently underachieving.
Unless the New York Jets have a time machine that Aaron Rodgers can step into, their offense is probably going to remain a work-in-progress.
New York Jets quarterbacks coach and pass-game coordinator Todd Downing will call the offensive plays starting with Monday's game against the Buffalo Bills, interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich announced Thursday.
Interim Jets head coach Jeff Ulbrich confirmed on Thursday that quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator Todd Downing is replacing Nathaniel Hackett as the team's offensive play-caller beginning in Week 6.
Jets interim HC Jeff Ulbrich announced OC Nathaniel Hackett has been supplanted as the play-caller by senior assistant Todd Downing, per Zack Rosenblatt.
The status of offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett was set to change not long before Saleh’s dismissal.
It seems that most of the Jets' struggles this season have come on the offensive side of the ball.
Considering Hackett’s ties to Aaron Rodgers, this is unsurprising.
According to Dianna Russini, the Jets currently don’t have any plans to fire OC Nathaniel Hackett. The Jets’ play-caller has come under fire in recent weeks as the offense has struggled and New York has slipped to 2-3. The team elected to make a huge change today, firing HC Robert Saleh.
With superstar wide receiver Davante Adams expressing his desire to be traded from the Las Vegas Raiders, the New York Jets are the obvious destination people have in mind so he could reunite with Aaron Rodgers and Nathaniel Hackett.
The New York Jets offense has been clicking on all cylinders over the past six quarters, a very promising sign as they look to build towards a Super Bowl.
The New York Jets hired Nathaniel Hackett as their offensive coordinator before last season, in part, because of his experience with quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
Evidence continues to mount suggesting the New York Jets do not have a ton of faith in offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett and his play-calling abilities.
Hackett officially joined the Jets in early 2023 months before the club acquired quarterback Aaron Rodgers via a trade with the Green Bay Packers.
With starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers a no-show for the New York Jets mandatory minicamp this week, the team apparently decided to shake up its coaching personnel as well.
Nathaniel Hackett is in place to reprise his role as offensive coordinator of the Jets in 2024.
There have been some unflattering reports about New York Jets offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett this offseason, but Aaron Rodgers says we should ignore them.
The report from last week claimed the franchise essentially wanted somebody else to run the offense this coming season.
While the Jets had two of the most explosive playmakers in running back Breece Hall and wideout Garrett Wilson in 2023, their offense was stuck in neutral nearly all season with Zach Wilson (and later Tim Boyle and Trevor Siemian) under center.
The New York Jets may have the worst offensive coordinator in the NFL. According to Connor Hughes of SNY what they wanted was to keep Nathaniel Hackett on board OC.
The New York Jets are bringing back Nathaniel Hackett as their offensive coordinator for 2024, but it certainly does not sound like they wanted to.
According to Connor Hughes, the Jets made a legitimate effort to try and hire over OC Nathaniel Hackett this offseason. Hughes says the hope was to hire
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