Despite being the only winless team in the NFL this season, New York Jets are not ready to give up on their head coach Adam Gase and quarterback Sam Darnold.
Speaking with reporters on Tuesday, Jets’ general manager Joe Douglas defended Gase and said that it’s not only his fault that the team is sitting at 0-8.
“This is not all on Adam,” said Douglas. “I have to do a better job of surrounding him with better players and better weapons.”
According to Douglas, the Jets see Gase as part of their future despite the fans calling for his job.
“The hope is that we can fix these problems together and be here together for a while,” he added.
Being the team with the worse record in NFL, the Jets are currently in pole position to get a top overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. This would give them a chance to select Clemson’s signal-caller Trevor Lawrence, who is considered to be one of the most talented QBs to come out of college in the past decade.
But it appears that Douglas doesn’t believe quarterback is the position of need for the organization despite Darnold’s sub-par performances since he was selected No.3 in 2018.
“I’m very excited about Sam,” Douglas explained. “I have no problem saying that he is our best quarterback and our quarterback for the future.”
It is understandable that Douglas doesn’t want to cause further disarray to an already dishearted Jets’ team. But even if he believes all of the things he said, it should take long before he changes his mind if Gase and Darnold continue to underperform.
