Robert Saleh's Titans moves are an indirect shot at Zach Wilson

The New York Jets fanbase was interested to see exactly how Robert Saleh was going to build up his roster after he was hired as head coach of the Tennessee Titans, and his desire to run it back with many of his former players has bordered on comical.

Saleh's recent signing of subpar safety Tony Adams makes this the fifth such Jets defensive player he has brought on. John Franklin-Myers was signed to a big contract, Jermaine Johnson and Solomon Thomas were acquired via trade, and even Jacob Martin was added via a cheap deal.

Saleh's decisions to bring the band back together may be a veiled dig at Zach Wilson. Rebuilding his 2022 and 2023 Jets teams seems to suggest that he believes his scheme and roster were good enough to compete for a playoff spot had it not been for Wilson screwing everything up.

Robert Saleh taking indirect shot at Zach Wilson with Titans signing multiple Jets

Counting former Jets and Giants, 17 ex-New Yorkers came to Tennessee. Saleh is entrusting his offense to Brian Daboll, who brought in multiple assistant coaches as well as players like Wan'Dale Robinson and Daniel Bellinger on that side of the ball.

Saleh's downfall in New York was a melting pot of many incredibly difficult roadblocks to overcome, but two factors that were entirely within his grasp were both his refusal to go outside his tight circle of connections for hires and his penchant for fostering a locker room that mopes around when things weren't going great.

Saleh was able to whip up a great defense, but that was years ago. All he has done so far is bring back many of the same role players from a team that maxed out at seven wins, assuming that transplanting them from New York to Tennessee will fix everything.

This team is hoping that Ward is good enough to make up for everything. While he looks ten times better than Wilson as a passer, and being forced to start the failed No. 2 pick 34 times in four years may be a death sentence, but he certainly didn't help himself.

Saleh is seemingly testing the social media hypothesis that combining both New York teams could make a postseason contender, with a heavy dose of his former Jets on the defensive side of the ball. Time will tell if Ward ends up bailing Saleh out or if his issues from his Jets tenure pop back up.