{"id":79033,"date":"2020-09-30T23:02:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T20:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/this-may-be-adam-gases-last-stand-with-the-jets\/"},"modified":"2020-09-30T23:02:03","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T20:02:03","slug":"this-may-be-adam-gases-last-stand-with-the-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-may-be-adam-gases-last-stand-with-the-jets\/","title":{"rendered":"#This may be Adam Gase’s last stand with the Jets"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#This may be Adam Gase’s last stand with the Jets<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n The game<\/a>, on paper, has all the makings of a pillow fight.<\/p>\n

For Adam Gase, it might represent a last-stand fight for his head-coaching career.<\/p>\n

When the 0-3 Jets play the 0-3 Broncos at MetLife Stadium, Gase\u2019s job status will be a primary focus \u2014 maybe not by him (as he claims), but by everyone else, most notably the balance of irate Jets fans who still happ<\/a>en to be paying attention.<\/p>\n

Gase\u2019s saving grace Thursday night \u2014 if you can even consider it such \u2014 is the fact that the home stadium will be empty except for the teams, media<\/a> and game-day support staff, so he won\u2019t be subjected to the boos and calls for his job from fed-up fans.<\/p>\n

Gase, however, cannot hide from his owner or general<\/a> manager as he puts the latest product on the field for what has potential to be his final game as the Jets head coach if the result ends up being as desultory as the previous three games.<\/p>\n

Gase might not survive to Week 5 if his team is as noncompetitive in Week 4 as it\u2019s been in the first three games.<\/p>\n

Not against a Broncos team that\u2019s as decimated with injuries as his Jets are, starting a second-year quarterback, Brett Rypien, who\u2019s played 15 NFL snaps and thrown nine passes.<\/p>\n

Not when some of his injury excuses will not apply with receiver Jamison Crowder and tackles Mekhi Becton and George Fant expected to return to the lineup to play Thursday.<\/p>\n

Gase might not survive to coach another week if the Jets look as lifeless and listless as they have in the past three games.<\/p>\n

There may be no fans at MetLife Stadium, but the game will be televised nationally and a fourth consecutive embarrassing performance might end up being all Jets CEO and owner Christopher Johnson can stomach as his fan base begins to transition from unrest to apathy.<\/p>\n

A speculative report on ESPN\u2019s NFL pre-game show Sunday stated that \u201cexecutives of the Jets at the highest levels\u2019\u2019 were closely monitoring Gase\u2019s performance in the next two games with an eye on possibly making a change.<\/p>\n

The first of those games didn\u2019t go so well, with the Jets losing to the Colts 36-7 Sunday. So, if we\u2019re to believe that report, Gase is a poor Thursday night performance away from being fired.<\/p>\n

A couple of things immediately came to mind with that Chris Mortensen ESPN report.<\/p>\n

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Adam Gase could be coaching for his Jets job Thursday night against the Broncos.<\/span>Corey Sipkin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Firstly, Johnson gave Gase a public vote of confidence on Sept. 16. So, how bad a look would it be for him to fire his coach two weeks after saying he has \u201cfull confidence\u2019\u2019 in Gase, whom he also called an \u201coffensive genius?\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Secondly, Jets general manager Joe Douglas was hired in large part because of his past working relationship with Gase. So, how awkward will it be if he\u2019s forced to have a say with Johnson on firing the man who helped get him hired?<\/p>\n

Johnson is a good man who\u2019s more passionate about bringing Jets fans a winner than they probably understand, and he has zero interest in firing Gase. The thing is, though, he may have no choice.<\/p>\n

The results make it difficult to make a case for Gase, who\u2019s 7-12 with an alarming 10 losses by 10 or more points. This season alone, the Jets have lost by 10, 18 and 29 points.<\/p>\n