Requiescat in Passaic: Tuesday Open Thread

First confirmed kill of the season goes to: A.A.Ron!

That’s right- Robert Saleh is No More in the Big Apple. Well, the drainage field next to the Big Apple. Whatever.

Owner Woody Johnson announced the firing after the Jets dropped to 2-3 in London with a lifeless showing against Minnesota. Overall, Saleh ends with a 20-36 record, while the defensive coordinator assumes interim Head Coach responsibilities.

How do I figure Aaron Rodgers is to blame for this? Couple things:

1. For the last 16 months, nothing has happened in the Jets organization without Rodgers’ consent, if not prompting,
2. Rodgers has made little effort to disguise his disagreements and tension with Saleh, and
3. Woody Johnson specifically stated that the decision was “mine and mine alone.” That’s not something a real owner who is in actual control of his organization says.

It’s hard to judge the contribution (or lack thereof) Saleh made to his dismal record. For the majority of his tenure, he was staked to Zach Wilson as his starting quarterback. When Wilson was riding pine, his primary options were Mike White and Tim Boyle. I feel confident that the greatest offensive minds of the last 30 years would have struggled to reach .500 with that Murderers Row at the game’s most important position.

Now, a normal franchise would take a hard look at the GM who provided the chocolate teakettles that Saleh was obliged to use. But no- Joe Douglas somehow remains in his job despite having one good draft round in the last five years.

The reason, of course, is that Aaron likes Joe Douglas. He says “bring me Allen Lazard and Randall Cobb” and Joe just fetches his shovel and goes down to the churchyard to dig up the corpses. If he doesn’t land Davante Adams, though, watch for another summary execution.

It really is fascinating to watch these assholes triple down on their bad Rodgers bet, because it is such a beautifully Rich White Business Guy thing to do. The Brilliant Plan was perfect, sir, no question, sheer artistry. It must be the coach’s fault for failing to properly execute your Vision.

Anyway, Saleh seems universally respected, so he should be snapped up by some team as at least a DC for a year.

NFL NEWS

-That raspy, rustling sound you hear? That’s half a million TAWWMY clones taking down their sweatpants and polishing their knobs with their TB12 Special Time Towels, because IT’S DRAKE MAYE TIME IN NEW ENGLAND! Despite Coach Mayo’s steadfast support of Jacoby Brissett, the 1-4 start with no signs of life was too much. Normally I advocate for sitting a rookie QB until at least the bye week. But I get it- if Mayo waited until Week 14, he would likely be killed.

-Rashee Rice had surgery on one of his knee ligaments today. It’s a real tragedy when you’re out there minding your own business and some guy hits you out of nowhere, huh Rashee?

-Staggered bye weeks suck. Every team should have the weekend before Thanksgiving off. Make that the trade deadline too, so the talking heads have something to occupy them.

-Sean McDermott delenda est.