Robert Saleh just confirmed every bad habit Jets fans warned Titans about

Part of adulthood is accountability and admitting when you’re wrong, a mindset New York Jets fans have spent years experiencing from both sides of the same coin. 

We’ve seen the Jets overachieve when projected for three or four wins, and we’ve watched teams with playoff-caliber rosters fall well short. We’re looking at the 2019 and 2024 teams, specifically. 

Sunday’s road victory over the Titans presented another chance to laugh at the national media, who obsessed over Robert Saleh all summer. Talk about a freezing cold take: the Titans essentially no-showed at home and looked woefully unprepared in Saleh’s debut. 

But will the pundits who praised Saleh and ripped the Jets throughout the offseason own up to their inaccuracy? Should we expect them to give the Jets their flowers in their Week 1 takeaways?

Ha! As if. 

The national media owes the New York Jets an apology for their Robert Saleh love

Devoted readers of The Jet Press know that we frequently pointed out flaws in the national media’s nonstop praise for Saleh. No one is denying that he’s an excellent coordinator, but we’ve seen more than enough to successfully argue that he’s unfit to be a head coach. 

There’s no shame in such a reality. Just ask Josh McDaniels or Matt Patricia, both of whom thrived — and in McDaniels’ case, continue to perform at a high standard — as Patriots coordinators but flamed out as head coaches. McDaniels even had two opportunities to lead a team, yet failed to record a winning record in Las Vegas or Denver. 

But for whatever reason, the Titans felt that Saleh — who is partly responsible for both the Zach Wilson pick and his subsequent failures — deserved to be the head coach of a team developing its franchise quarterback. Cam Ward appeared rattled all afternoon despite facing a Jets secondary lacking veteran safety Minkah Fitzpatrick. 

Everyone has bad takes or overreactions, and we had quite a few leading up to Week 1. Remember when we predicted that Bailey Zappe could have his “Mac Jones moment” if he locked up the backup quarterback job? Yikes. 

But at least we can acknowledge being wrong, a scenario we don’t expect the national media to take with Saleh. The glazing never made sense to anyone who endured Saleh’s cliches and atrocious, offensive game planning in New York. Both followed him to Tennessee, which finished with fewer than 200 total yards on Sunday. 

Saleh arguably got the continued praise partly because the Jets are a punching bag and a walking meme. And sure, this could easily turn into a repeat of 2014, when Geno Smith and the Jets lost eight straight after a 1-0 start. 

But if we in fact see any buyer’s remorse on Saleh, that’s when we’ll commend those same analysts — so long as they also show Garrett Wilson some love, too.

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