Watching the way the defense has played the last two weeks makes me wonder if Adam Gase waited too long to fire defensive coordinator Gregg Williams. The defense has played inspired, mostly mistake-free football in the wins over the Rams and Browns. Frank Bush deserves a lot of credit for the way his unit has played. It is not like he is lining up with the 1985 Bears right now. The Jets were a weak unit to begin with and are now playing a lot of backups. The Jets only had four starters on Sunday from their opening day lineup in Buffalo.
Williams did a good job last year, but it got a little overstated. The Jets played a lot of weak quarterbacks and Williams capitalized on that. The defense’s best games came against Daniel Jones, Dwayne Haskins and Devlin Hodges. That led to an inflated view of how Williams coached.
This season, Williams seemed to coach scared most of the year. That is what made his Cover Zero blitz against the Raiders even more shocking. It was a departure from how he coached most of the season.
If you look at the Jets losses, I think you can attribute three of them directly to the defense. The losses to the Broncos, Patriots and Raiders were all on the defense. Maybe if they beat the Broncos in Week 4, the team gains some confidence and wins a few more games.
The Jets still would have been a bad team, but more like 6-10 bad, not 2-13 bad. Who knows how it would have turned out, but the Jets have been a better team without Williams than with him. Gase probably should have made a move sooner.
Williams did a good job last year, but it got a little overstated. The Jets played a lot of weak quarterbacks and Williams capitalized on that. The defense’s best games came against Daniel Jones, Dwayne Haskins and Devlin Hodges. That led to an inflated view of how Williams coached.
This season, Williams seemed to coach scared most of the year. That is what made his Cover Zero blitz against the Raiders even more shocking. It was a departure from how he coached most of the season.
If you look at the Jets losses, I think you can attribute three of them directly to the defense. The losses to the Broncos, Patriots and Raiders were all on the defense. Maybe if they beat the Broncos in Week 4, the team gains some confidence and wins a few more games.
The Jets still would have been a bad team, but more like 6-10 bad, not 2-13 bad. Who knows how it would have turned out, but the Jets have been a better team without Williams than with him. Gase probably should have made a move sooner.
