Jets coach Robert Saleh stated he wished to rent a senior offensive assistant this offseason.
Now Gang Green has stuffed that function a day after the Super Bowl.
According to a supply, the Jets have employed Todd Downing as their passing recreation coordinator. NFL Network was the primary to report the Jets rent of Downing.
The Jets passing recreation coordinator function has been a vacant place since 2021. Saleh employed Knapp to be the Jets passing recreation coordinator that 12 months. However, on July 17, 2021, Knapp died following accidents in a biking accident in California.
Downing will work with Jets offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett, who was employed final month. They every will look to enhance a Jets offense that completed on the backside of a number of statistical classes, together with twenty fifth in offense (318.2 yards per recreation) and twenty ninth in factors scored (17.4 per recreation).
Downing brings a ton of expertise to the Jets teaching workers as he has been an assistant coach within the NFL since 2005. From 2010-13, Downing was the Lions quarterbacks coach as he labored with a younger Matthew Stafford.
Following a 12 months because the Bills quarterback coach in 2014, Downing turned the Raiders quarterbacks coach (2015-16) and later their offensive coordinator (2017). He obtained a number of credit score for serving to Derek Carr grow to be a Pro Bowl quarterback and an MVP candidate because the Raiders reached the playoffs in 2016.
Most not too long ago, Downing was Titans tight ends coach (2019-20) and offensive coordinator (2021-22) as he labored to revive Ryan Tannehill’s profession after he was traded from the Dolphins. During his two seasons guiding the Titans offense, they completed seventeenth and thirtieth within the league. Tennessee additionally ended every year twenty fourth and thirtieth in passing, because the crew averaged 17.5 factors per recreation beneath Downing’s course.
Downing was fired by the Titans final month following the crew’s 7-10 marketing campaign. This was almost two months after he was arrested for driving beneath the affect and rushing on Nov. 18. The Tennessee Highway Patrol arrested Downing hours after the Titans beat the Packers 27-17 in Green Bay on Thursday Night Football.
The Titans didn’t droop or punish Downing for the incident, however he did serve 48 hours on the Williamson County jails from Jan. 31 to Feb. 2.
Downing’s rent is critical as a result of he has hyperlinks to 2 potential quarterback choices, Carr and Tannehill, this offseason. The Raiders are anticipated to launch Carr shortly after he turned down a commerce supply to the New Orleans Saints.
Tannehill will not be a free agent, however the Titans may launch him because the crew is greater than $21 million over the wage cap. If Tannehill is launched, Tennessee would save $18.8 million.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com