The New York Jets have fired a coach!!! No, not that one. The team announced on Monday that they have fired Defensive Coordinator, Gregg Williams.
The Jets have named assistant head coach Frank Bush as interim defensive coordinator.
The Jets fired Williams less than 24 hours after his final play call against the Raiders cost the Jets their first win of the season. With just 13 seconds left and the Jets up by four points, Williams called an all-out blitz. That meant only one Jets player was covering Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs, who easily outran his coverage and caught a deep ball from quarterback Derek Carr for a game-winning TD!
It was a crushing loss for the Jets, and players on both teams were baffled by Williams’ final play call.
When asked about the play, Derek Carr said: “I couldn’t believe they all-out blitzed us,”
“We have to execute, but you have to help us out at the same time,” Jets safety Marcus Maye said.
Even head coach Adam Gase, who has coached the Jets to a truly incredible 0-12 record, when asked about it, said that the players “deserve better than that.”
Williams, 62, has been coaching in the NFL since 1990, most often as a defensive coordinator. He was the DC for the 2017 Cleveland Browns, the second team in NFL history to go 0-16. His firing means that he’ll avoid being employed by the Jets when they possibly become the third 0-16 team in NFL history, but nothing can erase his 28-game tenure with the Jets. Yikes!
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