The New York Jets fired Robert Saleh to provide a spark.
It did the opposite.
Entering their bye, the Jets sit at a lowly 3-8 record and have yet to get things going on the field.
Saleh's bread and butter was defense. He was replaced in the interim role by Jeff Ulbrich, who was his defensive coordinator.
So who did the job better? Numbers say Saleh.
After a 2-3 start to the season, Saleh . In those five games, the Jets posted the fifth-best points allowed per game in the NFL. Since then, this value has fallen to 26.2.
Ouch.
The Jets' defense has fallen off a cliff since the coaching change.
Weeks 1-5: Allowed 17 ppg (t-5th)
Weeks 6-11: Allowed 26.2 ppg (24th)DJ Reed yesterday: “I noticed that. In the last few games we haven't played to our standard in defense. We gave up touchdowns, we…
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