N.Y. Jets: Deep Sixed at South Beach

From the desk of: WALT MICHAELS' REVENGE

Third Winningest Coach

WEEK SIX
Jets              0

Dolphins    24 

FINAL

JOHNSON & JOHNSON: The Brothers Grim

We presently live in an age of unprecedented offensive achievement.  It seems as if the NFL record books get rewritten every year.  Playing defense has evolved into a prohibitive endeavor.  Today's

quarterbacks receive more protection than ever before and passing for 30,000 yards in a career has become common.  Receivers these days can make snow angels in the hail of pass interference flags being thrown in any given game.  

Yet, the New York Jets all-time leading passer remains Joe Namath who last donned a Jets uniform in 1976.  The club's all-time receiver, Don Maynard, retired after the 1973 season.  Their all-time ground rusher, Curtis Martin, retired from the Jets fifteen years ago.  

The Jets winningest head coach till this day remains Weeb Ewbank with 71 victories.  Joe Walton is second with 53 wins and Rex Ryan is next in with 46 wins.  Outside of Bill Parcells and Al Groh (no coincidence here), every head coach in Jets history has posted a losing record - every one.  By the time 2000 rolls around, there is one common denominator as to why Bill Parcells, Bill Belichick and Al Groh all ran from the Jets like the joint was on fire: Woody Johnson.

Since 2001, the Jets have been through five head coaches and five general managers.  The program on average changes every four years.  Meanwhile, the team is presently in the hands of Woody's brother,  Christopher Johnson, who makes his head coach and general manager report directly to him, separate and equally, and rarely in tandem.

Because this makes sense ...

Just as letting former general manager Mike Maccagnan conduct the draft and spend free agent money, then firing him made total sense ...

The Brilliant One, Adam Gase, on Sunday loses his twelfth game by double-digits as head coach of the Jets, seven times last season and five so far this season.  In Jets history only two coaches have posted a worse winning percentage than Gase:

• Adam Gase  7-15 (.318)
• Lou Holtz  3-13 (.214)
• Rich Kotite. 1-15 (.125)

Lou Holtz was so bad that he quit.  

No such luck with Adam Gase.

On Sunday the Jets lose to the rival Dolphins by a 24-0 margin.  Ryan Fitzpatrick torches his former team for three touchdowns.  The Fish rush for 106 yards.  On offense, Joe Flacco completes less than half his passes, throws an INT and is sacked three times.  The Jets rush 21 times for 115 yards but it gets them nowhere.  Sorry, but the availability of LT Mekhl Becton is far from being the reason for their woes.  In fact, Miami was so inspired by the Jets ineptness that they inserted their rookie QB with the safety of mind that the opposition really sucks.

Gang Gase is the lone remaining team in the NFL this season without a win.  They are now 0-6 and the schedule only gets tougher from here on out.