Two weeks and five days ago, the Jets moved to 2-1. The attack looked sharp and effective. Quarterback Aaron Rodgers looked healthy and spry.

Two games later, the Jets are tied at 2-3 and owner Woody Johnson fires coach Robert Saleh.

The timing doesn’t make sense, especially with a Monday night visit coming from the 3-2 Bills. If you win that game, things are back on track.

Win the next one in Pittsburgh and the Jets are 4-3.

“I don’t know what the Jets owner is thinking,” Hall of Fame coach Tony Dungy told PFT via text message. “You’re five games into the season and you’re getting ready to play a game for first place in your division and you fire the coach. In 1999 my Tampa Bay Buccaneers were 2-3 and we went to the NFC Championship game. I’m glad I wasn’t fired after week 5 of that year.”

There is another factor that would have made patience even more of a virtue. The next two games will be in prime time, on national television. Having an interim coach only emphasizes that the organization is still in dysfunctional turmoil.

One source with extensive coaching experience shared an interesting observation about timing. The fact that it happened now suggests that Johnson seriously considered firing Saleh – and almost did – after the 2023 season. Now, with a few rough games and a sense that things were slipping away in the current season, Johnson what he told himself he should have done before the season started.

If the Jets start winning, the nonsensical timing of the decision will make sense. But who’s to say they wouldn’t have started winning if they hadn’t made the change?