Nate Hackett Stripped of Play Calling, Todd Downing up Next

[JetNation]

New York Jets fans get what they’ve been calling for as failed play caller Nate Hackett earns himself a demotion with passing game coordinator Todd Downing taking over.  The announcement was made today by head coach Jeff Ulbrich.

Mar 2, 2024; Indianapolis, IN, USA; New York Jets passing game coordinator Todd Downing during the 2024 NFL Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers addressed the possibility of a change just yesterday and said he would be supportive of any move made by Ulbrich.

Downing’s history as a coordinator is short and has produced a wide range of results.

As a player caller for the Raiders back in 2017, Oakland ranked 23rd in the NFL in scoring 18.8 points per game but did choke down the stretch. as The Raiders averaged just 13 points per game over the final four weeks of the season as they dropped four and a row.

Todd Downing got another opportunity in 2021-2022 in Tennessee, finishing 15th and 28th respectively in scoring.

A conservative play caller who runs a west coast offense, Downing isn’t what one might refer to as a hot offensive coordinator candidate, but the only requirement of the job at the moment appears to be “he’s not Hackett”.

 

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[C Mart]

Athletic:

It’s also hard to ignore that Saleh, according to league sources, tried to recruit multiple different offensive coaches during the offseason in an attempt to get things right on that side of the ball. The Jets spoke to Eric Bieniemy (now UCLA’s offensive coordinator), Kliff Kingsbury (now Commanders offensive coordinator), Luke Getsy (now Raiders offensive coordinator), and Arthur Smith (now Steelers offensive coordinator). Both Smith and Kingsbury are recent head coaches in the NFL and Getsy has a strong relationship with Rodgers from their days together in Green Bay, where he was the quarterbacks coach. Saleh wanted to add a great mind to the offensive staff and if he had succeeded he might still have a job, but it proved too difficult to make an addition since he didn’t have an “offensive coordinator” title to offer.

He tried. The Jets knew the offensive play-calling wouldn’t simply improve because Aaron Rodgers and Nathaniel Hackett are buddies. Rodgers was involved in the process to add a new coach, so he at least knew something needed to change, but he wasn’t going to boot Hackett. So Saleh ran it back with mostly the same offensive coaching staff, other than new running backs and wide receivers coaches.

[SomebodytoAnybody47]

17 minutes ago, C Mart said:

Athletic:

It’s also hard to ignore that Saleh, according to league sources, tried to recruit multiple different offensive coaches during the offseason in an attempt to get things right on that side of the ball. The Jets spoke to Eric Bieniemy (now UCLA’s offensive coordinator), Kliff Kingsbury (now Commanders offensive coordinator), Luke Getsy (now Raiders offensive coordinator), and Arthur Smith (now Steelers offensive coordinator). Both Smith and Kingsbury are recent head coaches in the NFL and Getsy has a strong relationship with Rodgers from their days together in Green Bay, where he was the quarterbacks coach. Saleh wanted to add a great mind to the offensive staff and if he had succeeded he might still have a job, but it proved too difficult to make an addition since he didn’t have an “offensive coordinator” title to offer.

He tried. The Jets knew the offensive play-calling wouldn’t simply improve because Aaron Rodgers and Nathaniel Hackett are buddies. Rodgers was involved in the process to add a new coach, so he at least knew something needed to change, but he wasn’t going to boot Hackett. So Saleh ran it back with mostly the same offensive coaching staff, other than new running backs and wide receivers coaches.

Just dumb. So dumb. Your job is on the line and you’re scared of peoples feelings. 

Step up, put Hackett in an advisor role and give someone else OC.