According to multiple reports, the New York Jets informed former San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh that he was being relieved of his head coaching duties on Tuesday morning.

Saleh went 20-36 in three seasons as head coach, including a 2-3 record in 2024. With Aaron Rodgers healthy, this should be the year New York turns it around.

Saleh has struggled at the quarterback position. The Jets had six different quarterbacks during Saleh’s short tenure. Rodgers did not get further than the first series in 2023.

This year he looks like a 40-year-old quarterback suffering a season-ending injury. Rodgers has a touchdown-to-interception ratio of 7/4. He is averaging 6.0 yards per attempt, which puts him between Miami Dolphins backup quarterbacks Tim Boyle and Skylar Thompson, and he is completing just 61 percent of his passes.

The Jets have allowed the second-fewest yards per game defensively and rank third in EPA per pass allowed. Despite not having their primary pass rusher, the Jets rank third in quarterback pressure this year.

However, as head coach you are responsible for every phase. The Jets are placed in the same offensive categories as the Denver Broncos and Chicago Bears – two teams that start with rookie quarterbacks. If there was anyone to shoot, it was the offensive coordinator.

That game in London against the Minnesota Vikings was painful to watch. New York was completely outmatched offensively and had no plan of attack for a Brian Flores defense. Not many do that, to be honest, but the Jets have no identity on that side of the ball.

Plus, the Jets don’t have a Saleh problem. They have a general manager problem. The Jets are 29-59 under general manager Joe Douglas. Saleh was the scapegoat.

There will be several teams wanting Saleh’s services in defence. The 49ers have Nick Sorensen and Brandon Staley, but can they bring Saleh back as a consultant and perhaps hire him as a coordinator later if the Sorensen experiment doesn’t work out? They come from the same coaching tree.