Report: OC Mike LaFleur to join Rams after parting ways with Jets
The Los Angeles Rams are hiring former New York Jets offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur to fill the same role, according to multiple reports on Friday. The #Rams are hiring former #Jets OC Mike LaFleur as their new coordinator, sources say. pic.twitter.com/yXgmOVkC8U — Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 27, 2023The news comes shortly after ESPN's Adam Schefter reported that LaFleur and the Jets were parting ways after his two seasons as offensive coordinator. He joined the staff in New York after working with Jets coach Robert Saleh during his time with the 49ers. There, LaFleur worked as San Francisco's passing coordinator from 2017-2020 under head coach Kyle Shanahan.
wftv.comJets hire former Broncos coach Hackett to run offense
The New York Jets have hired former Denver Broncos coach Nathaniel Hackett as their offensive coordinator. The team announced the hiring Thursday of the 43-year-old Hackett, who replaces Mike LaFleur after coach Robert Saleh and the Jets interviewed at least 15 candidates for the vacancy. Hackett replaced Vic Fangio last January but wasn't able to build an offense that suited veteran Russell Wilson with the Broncos. With the Jets, Hackett will be coming to a team that struggled mightily on offense in two seasons under LaFleur and is facing a major question at quarterback. Hackett and Saleh first worked together in Jacksonville from 2015-16 under coach Doug Marrone, when Hackett was the Jaguars' quarterbacks coach and Saleh the linebackers coach.
wftv.comJets reportedly interview former Broncos head coach Nathaniel Hackett for OC job
The New York Jets' expansive search for a new offensive coordinator will now reportedly include former Denver Broncos head coach Nathaniel Hackett, according to ESPN's Dianna Russini. Despite his failures in Denver, Hackett does have experience in a coordinator role. Jets head coach Robert Saleh overlapped with Hackett when both were on Jaguars' coaching staff in 2016. Saleh was the team's linebackers coach while Hackett was the quarterbacks coach before being promoted to offensive coordinator after Gus Bradley was fired. New York has already talked to at least five other candidates: former Indianapolis Colts OC Marcus Brady, Miami Dolphins quarterbacks coach Darrell Bevell, New England Patriots tight ends coach Nick Caley, Philadephia Eagles quarterbacks coach Brian Johnson and Eagles passing game coordinator Kevin Patullo.
wftv.comJets' Woody Johnson would 'absolutely' spend for a vet QB
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — (AP) — Woody Johnson has watched the New York Jets miss the postseason for the past 12 years and feels the same way as the fans. Johnson, the Jets' owner since 2000, isn't issuing a playoff mandate for next season. “I think we could've done a better job, for sure,” Johnson said, "and we will do a better job next year." But New York will first be looking for an offensive coordinator after the Jets and LaFleur agreed to part ways Wednesday. Offensive line coach John Benton will also not be back with the Jets.
wftv.comAP source: Mike LaFleur out as Jets' offensive coordinator
Mike LaFleur is out as offensive coordinator of the New York Jets after two disappointing and mostly non-productive seasons on offense, according to a person with knowledge of the decision. LaFleur's future with the team was uncertain after Zach Wilson struggled mightily in his second season and the offense was among the worst in the NFL for two straight years. There was increasing speculation LaFleur could be on the way out after Robert Saleh's Jets finished 7-10 with a season-ending six-game losing streak.
news.yahoo.comJets rule out Mike White vs. Dolphins, will start Joe Flacco over Zach Wilson
But the Dolphins will be facing a New York Jets team that is making yet another quarterback change, this one due to injury. If Miami wins and the Patriots lose to the New York Jets, the Dolphins are in the playoffs. If all three lose and the Jacksonville Jaguars lose on Saturday night, the Jaguars are the wild-card team. If the Patriots, Dolphins and Steelers lose and the Jaguars win, clinching the AFC South title, the Patriots get the No. The Jets will presumably still be playing hard with Flacco at quarterback, trying to end the Dolphins' season.
wftv.comJets committed to help Wilson 'through hell or high water'
Still, coach Robert Saleh insisted Wednesday that Wilson still has a future with the franchise. Wilson has 15 touchdowns and 18 interceptions with a 55.2 completion rate and a 72.8 quarterback rating in 22 starts. But Wilson also has shown flashes of the off-schedule playmaking ability that made the Jets and others drool leading up to the draft. I just think, like I said, when it’s a reset, we’re going to work our tails off to help him. “Get away from this game, just reset,” Saleh said.
wftv.comDolphins sign Mike Glennon with Teddy Bridgewater injured ahead of must-win game vs. Jets
With their season on the line, the Miami Dolphins are turning to ... Mike Glennon. If Bridgewater can't play against the New York Jets in Week 18, it's assumed Thompson will get the start. It looks like Glennon was signed as an insurance policy in case the Dolphins only have one active quarterback in Week 18. Miami needs a win against Jets to make playoffsMiami needs to pick up a win in Week 18 if it hopes to make the playoffs. Playoff seeding will be on the line when the Bills and Patriots play in Week 18.
wftv.comJets' White cleared by docs, will start at QB on Sunday
Mike White is back at quarterback for the New York Jets. White was cleared by team doctors and will start Sunday in Seattle after he missed the Jets' past two games while dealing with broken ribs suffered in New York's 20-12 loss at Buffalo on Dec. 11. And with the Jets (7-8) still in the playoff hunt with two games remaining, they get their quarterback back. But the coach wouldn't go as far as to speculate whether White could be the long-term answer at quarterback. White went 80 of 129 for 952 yards and three touchdowns with two interceptions while starting three games in place of the benched Wilson.
wftv.comMike White reportedly cleared to return from rib injury, will start for Jets in Week 17
Quarterback Mike White was reportedly cleared for contact, and is expected to start for the team in Week 17, according to Brian Costello of the New York Post. With White sidelined, the Jets turned back to last year's first-round pick Zach Wilson. White sustained a rib injury during a Week 14 loss against the Buffalo Bills, and missed two games due to the issue. #Jets coach Robert Saleh on QB Zach Wilson, following his benching: “We haven't seen the last of him." If White is able to return, it would likely mark the end of Wilson's 2022 NFL season.
wftv.comWilson to start at QB for Jets vs Jaguars on Thursday night
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — (AP) — Zach Wilson is getting another start for the New York Jets, and this one in prime time. Coach Robert Saleh announced the decision Tuesday that Wilson will be under center Thursday night against the Jacksonville Jaguars as the Jets (7-7) try to hold on in the AFC playoff hunt. With Mike White not cleared for contact by doctors as he recovers from broken ribs, Saleh and the Jets will have Wilson make a second straight start in his return from a three-game benching. Saleh said White remains “week to week” in his recovery, but the Jets have not ruled him out for the rest of the season. “It feels a lot better than it did last week,” Saleh said.
wftv.comAs Jets face a potential franchise-changing QB decision, Zach Wilson may be getting his final shot
Or maybe Zach Wilson responded appropriately to his first NFL benching and had some of the best practices of his life the last two weeks. Because Friday's decision by the Jets — putting Wilson back into the starting lineup — was baked into this situation the very second he went to the bench. Head coach Robert Saleh telegraphed the move repeatedly because he knows what everyone else inside the organization knows: An important offseason decision has to be made at quarterback. And the only way to make it with confidence is on the other side of Wilson getting one more chance. But whether it’s Garoppolo or not, the Jets won’t stand down in the face of Wilson failing with this second chance.
wftv.comJets turn back to QB Zach Wilson with Mike White not medically cleared for contact
New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson has the "great opportunity" to start on Sunday against the Detroit Lions, head coach Robert Saleh announced Friday. Mike White was unable to get medically cleared for contact. Coach Saleh says QB Mike White was not medically cleared for contact and will not play Sunday. QB Zach Wilson will start. pic.twitter.com/RREqyb5JM1 — New York Jets (@nyjets) December 16, 2022This story will be updated
wftv.comJets move Wilson up to No. 2 QB, still expect White to start
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — (AP) — Zach Wilson is moving up on the New York Jets' quarterback depth chart this week. 3 to the backup behind current starter Mike White, who is dealing with a rib injury but is expected to make his fourth straight start Sunday against the Detroit Lions. He started the next seven and the Jets went 5-2 in those games, but his play was mostly shaky. Wilson had four touchdown passes and five interceptions and had a 55.6 completion percentage as New York's offense struggled to produce points. After Wilson went just 9 of 22 for 77 yards in a 10-3 loss at New England in Week 11, the Jets elevated White to starter.
wftv.comJets promote Zach Wilson to backup QB, push Joe Flacco to No. 3 as Mike White expected to start
Zach Wilson is back on the game day roster. New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh announced on Wednesday that Wilson, who had been the team's No. Veteran QB Joe Flacco, who had been the backup for the last few games, is being pushed down to No. Coach Saleh says Zach Wilson will be the No. He's been holding himself accountable with regards to how he wants to attack practice, how he's been performing in practice.
wftv.comJets QB situation remains a mess, but they're not going back to Zach Wilson
A bad New York Jets quarterback situation got worse on Sunday in a 20-12 loss to the Buffalo Bills. Barring bad news from the hospital, White will "for sure" start next week against the Detroit Lions, according to Saleh. Wilson was benched benched in Week 11 amid poor performance and a lack of confidence among his teammates. The Jets quarterback was sidelined twice by violent blows, with the second sending him to the New York locker room. The game result was frustratingly familiar for a Jets team that dropped of four games while averaging 12.3 points in the losses.
wftv.comMike White made 'easy things look easy' for the Jets, and it might cost Zach Wilson the locker room
Eventually, a chosen leader emerges from the locker room chorus. So much so that in one commanding 31-10 Jets win over a beaten up Chicago Bears team, new starting quarterback Mike White may very well have won his entire locker room. Consider that one week ago, wide receiver Garrett Wilson was saying of the Jets' offense: "This s— is sorry. They’re all in that locker room for a reason. That’s why this locker room is clearly following someone else to Minnesota next week.
wftv.comWhite steps in, focused on giving Jets a 'fighting chance'
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — (AP) — Mike White has already made it into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. “You've got to stay ready,” White said, “because when your moment does come and if you let it pass by, you’re going to look back on it and be frustrated with it.”Entering last season, White was merely another arm in Jets camp. A few months later, he briefly became a headline-making folk hero for his three-touchdown, 405-yard performance in his first NFL start — a 34-31 win over Cincinnati. When Wilson injured his right knee against New England in Week 7 last season, White replaced him and got the start the following week. Joe Flacco replaced him as the starter until Wilson returned — and White hasn’t taken a snap in a regular-season game since.
wftv.comWhite steps in, focused on giving Jets a 'fighting chance'
Mike White has already made it into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. “Any time you step in the huddle as a quarterback and you have grown men looking at you, it means something to me, whether we’re 0-16 or if we’re fighting for a playoff spot,” White said. “For Mike, it’s obviously a great opportunity for him,” coach Robert Saleh said.
news.yahoo.comJets' offseason tough talk has become in-season culture-building. Benching Zach Wilson cemented it
It's nearly four months later and Zach Wilson's intangibles remain a question for the organization. In a way, you could argue that what is transpiring right now is a good thing for the Jets. Because it’s suggestive that the franchise is becoming more of product of in-season culture building than offseason tough-talking. Wilson has had some moments, but not enough to justify a belief that he's on the right track. That mentality is precisely what is shaping the Jets right now.
wftv.comJets bench Zach Wilson, Mike White to start vs. Bears – WFTV
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — (AP) — Zach Wilson has been benched by the New York Jets and the underachieving quarterback will be replaced by Mike White as the starter Sunday against the Chicago Bears. Coach Robert Saleh announced the decision Wednesday after evaluating and discussing the situation with his assistants. “Zach's career here is not over,” Saleh said, adding that the plan is to have the second-year quarterback “reset” with the hope Wilson plays again this season. "This is not putting a nail in his coffin.”Joe Flacco will serve as White's backup, and Wilson will not be active against the Bears. Saleh didn't commit Monday to having Wilson under center this week after the second-year quarterback's dismal performance in the Jets' 10-3 loss to the Patriots in New England.
wftv.comJets' head coach Robert Saleh noncommittal on Zach Wilson: 'We're keeping everything on the table'
Tell me if you've heard this one before: The New York Jets have a quarterback controversy on their hands. After Zach Wilson's abysmal performance in a Week 11 loss to the New England Patriots, Jets head coach Robert Saleh refused to name him the Week 12 starter. After the game, Wilson showed almost no accountability for his performance. Defensive stars Sauce Gardner and John Franklin-Myers both claimed they accidentally liked two tweets critical of Zach Wilson. Wilson, meanwhile, has thrown just four touchdowns and averaged 182.7 yards per game in seven starts this season.
wftv.comDuvernay-Tardif back with Jets after working on residency
Veteran guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif signed with the Jets' practice squad Friday, giving New York some depth on a unit hit hard by injuries this season. Duvernay-Tardif stepped away from football after spending the last two months of last season with the Jets so he could begin working on his medical residency program at a Montreal-area hospital. “It's phenomenal,” Jets coach Robert Saleh said of Duvernay-Tardif balancing both football and his medical education. Midway through last season, Duvernay-Tardif chose to return to football and was traded from Kansas City to New York in November 2021. Duvernay-Tardif played in eight games with the Jets, including seven starts at right guard.
wftv.comJets come off bye with chance to take over first in AFC East
Connor McGovern has seen a lot on the football field during his seven NFL seasons. On Sunday, the New York Jets center has a chance to experience something new. “That's a special feeling,” McGovern said Monday as the surprising 6-3 Jets returned from their bye-week break sitting in second place in the AFC East.
news.yahoo.comWhite steps in, leads Jets to wild 34-31 win over Bengals
Mike White threw for 405 yards and three touchdowns in his first NFL start, caught a 2-point conversion pass on the go-ahead score and had the fans chanting his name while leading the New York Jets to a wild 34-31 comeback victory over the Cincinnati Bengals.