Jets took so much criticism for firing Mac after the draft, but haven’t heard a peep about Houston doing the same thing.
So true, but let's be honest here. The Jets have been a media & fan target for quite a while now. For good reason, but it's crossed the line of deserving it. Every move is ridiculed and will be until the Jets start winning. It is what it is.
Frankly, I don't care about the lazy and often inaccurate piling on. Who cares what other people think. I feel great about the team right now.
I didn't want Gase and despite the press conference crazy eyes disaster and power grab narrative, based on the mini-camp, you can already see that he's a huge upgrade to zombie Bowles. Darnold even appreciated that Gase yelled at him in practice. Gase will push these players to play better. Now, I'm not saying the Gase is going to be great, but the people that will immediately jump in and point out his record in Miami will ignore that he had Ryan Tannehill at QB and a ton of injuries. That offensive talent was garbage.
If Gase got Mac fired, then we also owe him for this GM upgrade. Mac was awful. Bottom 5 GM without a doubt.
Douglas will need to find another CB and upgrade the o-line both for this season and in the long run. One thing is for sure, you know Douglas will not ignore the o-line like Mac did. I can see him making a trade or two. He will probably dump a couple of more of Mac's draft misses.
He's also going to have to decide what to do about Leonard Williams and Robbie Anderson, both free agents going forward. They probably won't be worth the price they command next season. Will he trade them or trying to lock them up cheaper now? We'll see.