Here is how Saleh’s first Jets staff looks so far

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Offensive coordinator: Mike LaFleur (49ers passing game coordinator)


Offensive line/running game coordinator: John Benton (49ers offensive line coach)


Quarterbacks: Greg Knapp (Falcons quarterbacks coach)


Running backs: Taylor Embree (Colorado tight ends coach)


Wide receivers: Miles Austin (49ers offensive quality control coach)


Passing game specialist: Rob Calabrese (Broncos offensive quality control coach)

 

[MiJetFan]

Rock n Roll.

 

[gastineau]

Offense could be interesting for Jets if they Draft Zack Wilson to sit behind Darnold learning the new Offensive plays. I wonder what Defensive Coaches will come here? Lots depends on Jets drafting a QB Wilson and then O Lineman,WR,and RB

 

[ReallyBigfan]

Offense could be interesting for Jets if they Draft Zack Wilson to sit behind Darnold learning the new Offensive plays. I wonder what Defensive Coaches will come here? Lots depends on Jets drafting a QB Wilson and then O Lineman,WR,and RB

I've said this before, but imho drafting a QB to sit behind Darnold would be the worst imaginable use of resources. If you are going to keep Darnold (which I'd prefer), use your draft picks to build a team to help him grow. I think that keeping Darnold and giving him weapons and a strong O-line with a better scheme could create a situation that proves the old adage, "sometimes your best trades are the ones that you don't make." But if they draft a QB in the first round, they should trade Darnold for picks to enhance the team they can put around the new QB.

 

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wonder what will happen to Hines Ward, he was a Joe Douglas hire

 

[ReallyBigfan]

Also wonder about ST coach

 

[cheaterhater]

wonder what will happen to Hines Ward, he was a Joe Douglas hire

I was wondering the same thing

 

[Old#15]

A really good article in today's Athletic by Connor Hughes. He projects what the Mike Lafleur/Kyle Shanahan offense will look like at MetLife Stadium this year. How our current roster fits and what else we need. A good informative read.

 

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Defensive Line Coach – Aaron Whitecotton
Whitecotton spent the 2020 season as the 49ers' assistant defensive line coach, his first with the team. He was the Bills' assistant D-line coach from 2018-19. In 2019, the Bills defense finished No. 3 overall, allowing 298.3 Yds/G. Buffalo's defensive line had multiple players with career highs in sacks including Jordan Phillips (9.5) and Shaq Lawson (6.5). Before joining the Bills, Whitecotton spent four seasons with the Jaguars as an assistant DL coach (2016) and defensive assistant (2013-15) where he overlapped with Saleh.

Assistant Defensive Line – Nate Ollie
Ollie spent the past two seasons with the Eagles after serving as the defensive line coach at Eastern Kentucky in 2018. In 2019, Ollie helped Fletcher Cox earn his fifth career Pro Bowl as Philadelphia's defense ranked No. 3 against the run (90.4 Yds/G). In '19, Brandon Graham's 8.5 sacks were the second most of his career and both Derek Barnett (6.5) and Josh Sweat (5.0) had career highs in sacks.

Defensive Assistant – Chip Vaughn
Vaughn's first season with the Jets was the 2020. Prior to the Green & White, he worked with defensive backs at Air Force, Fayetteville State and Winston-Salem State. He was selected to the 2020 American Football Coaches Association 35 Under 35 Coaches Leadership Institute. A Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship coach with New Orleans during training camp in 2018, Vaughn was also one of 15 coaches selected to participate in the 2018 NFL-NCAA Coaches Academy.

Defensive Assistant – Ricky Manning Jr.
A third-round pick of the Panthers in 2003, Manning Jr. six seasons in the NFL at cornerback and one season in the UFL. He had 268 tackles, 4 sacks, 5 fumble recoveries, 14 INTs and 3 TDs.

Defensive Assistant – Hayes Pullard
Pullard spent the 2020 season at USC, his alma mater, as a quality control analyst. A former seventh-round pick in 2015, he played five seasons with five teams in the NFL at LB and had 114 tackles, 1 INT and 1 fumble recovery. Pullard played under Saleh in Jacksonville from 2015-16.

 

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Saleh says he hasn’t hired a special teams coach yet, but he has received outside endorsements on behalf of Brant Boyer.

 

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Robert Saleh filled another vacancy on his staff, hiring Mike Rutenberg as the linebackers coach. (NFL Network.) Rutenberg is yet another ex-49ers assistant; he was their passing-game specialist on defense. This means Saleh has all his coordinators and position coaches in place.

 

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Saleh building one helluva smart coaching staff
once we think he is done here is another guy added to the team

 

[Gramoah]

He said that he was going to structure his staff in such a way as to compensate for any coaches lost in the future. He wanted to maintain contenuity with the staff going forward in case we lost someone like Lafleur to another team. It would appear that he is doing just that and you have to appreciate his planning for that scenario ahead of time.

 

[cheaterhater]

He said that he was going to structure his staff in such a way as to compensate for any coaches lost in the future. He wanted to maintain contenuity with the staff going forward in case we lost someone like Lafleur to another team. It would appear that he is doing just that and you have to appreciate his planning for that scenario ahead of time.

smart. I think I love this guy

 

[Old#15]

He said that he was going to structure his staff in such a way as to compensate for any coaches lost in the future. He wanted to maintain contenuity with the staff going forward in case we lost someone like Lafleur to another team. It would appear that he is doing just that and you have to appreciate his planning for that scenario ahead of time.

not to shovel any more dirt on the former coach, but compare Saleh's and Gase's philosophy in constructing the coaching staffs. Gase had Williams and his father-in-law as the top defensive coaches and Loggins as his OC. None of these three will ever get consideration for HC gigs. What a freakin' mess the last two years were.