Michael | JetsCap

Disagree & here’s why: #Jets roster is loaded with young offensive talent. Team has 3 firsts that likely land in the top 15. Opportunity to draft & mold a young QB, 16 year playoff drought. A fanbase starving for a playoff game. The tools are here to win & tbh with the right offseason tweaks, I think they could be a playoff contender in 2027. A coach that comes in here & ends the playoff-less streak is an instant hero. Think it’s perfect for somebody like McDermott just as it was for Parcells in 1997 when he took over a very talented one win team & got them to 9 wins his first year.

#Jets should strongly consider in-season extensions for Geno Smith & Dane Benton & offseason extensions for AD Mitchell, Braelon Allen, & Dylan Parham.

Anybody who says AG is worse than Kotite is either looking for attention, pushing an agenda, a prisoner of the moment, or simply wasn’t around back then. This is not a defense of AG - who also isn’t worse than Lou Holtz who had #Jets singing college style rally songs in the locker room & didn’t even last a full season - it’s a reminder of how truly awful Kotite was. That 1996 #Jets team went on a spending spree on offense. They had a roster full of young, talented players in their prime on both sides of the ball. They won one game. The defense was ranked near the bottom of the league. The next year with almost an identical core, they won 9 & the defense went from bottom 5 to #6 in -#NFL. And the locker room. Lotta not only lost it, he never had it. One constant through Kotite’s tenure was a complete lack of respect from the players. He had a QB openly telling the press he couldn’t wait for the season to be over so he could leave. A WR who was so badly mistreated he blames Kotite for straight up ruining his career out of pure spite. We really don’t have to do this thing where we pretend the latest guy is always the worst guy ever. AG has done a poor job. He’s not Kotite. He’s not Holtz. You don’t have to let current emotions lead you to false conclusions.