New York Jets: J-E-T-S! – Mess, Mess, Mess!!!
Gase in action
The winner in this scenario, besides fans of unintentional comedy nationwide, is Adam Gase. Let’s take a moment to review his resume. He studied under “legend in his own mind” Mike Martz in San Fransisco. Then rode Peyton Manning‘s coattails to one great offensive season. Emboldened by that success, he created an offensive gameplan that led to one of the biggest blowouts in Super Bowl history (for the other team).
Gase followed up his mile-high run by putting in one year as the Chicago Bears offensive coordinator, where he led the Monsters of the Midway to the 18th ranked offense in the NFL. All that brought him to Miami where he had a 10-6 season his first year but managed to mismanage the Dolphins to a sub-.500 record in three total seasons in charge. I can’t believe he was available last January.
After hiring Gase, the New York jets went on a spending spree and signed C.J. Mosley, Le’Veon Bell, Jamison Crowder, and Chandler Catanzaro. A linebacker for $80M, a running back on a huge deal, a receiver who plays 75% of the time and a kicker who couldn’t hit 80% accuracy in two of the last three years….quite the offseason.
Any reasonably intelligent person could have predicted this would likely lead to the GM responsible being fired. But most would have thought the team would at least have played a game or even had training camp before lowering the boom.
The big winner here is again Adam Gase who couldn’t put out word fast enough he was opposed to all these moves. He essentially made this a redshirt coaching season. Seriously, how was he supposed to win without HIS team?
Now Gase is using his renowned quarterback coaching skills to aid in the development of Sam Darnold. The University of Southern California product had his ups and downs but overall had a solid rookie year. Fans can see the potential to be at the very least a solid NFL starter.
Gase apparently has him watching films of Peyton Manning, a quarterback he plays nothing like, and Jay Cutler. To me, those Cutler films would be like watching the home movies from Sinister. Maybe Gase is using them a cautionary device, like when kids have to watch those movies from car accidents before they get their license. Cutler is the poster child for don’t grow up to be like him (both on and off the field).
Either way, Fireman Ed and company need not worry about their Franchise QB’s development.