Report: Mike Vrabel to interview for Jets’ emptiness

The New York Jets will interview former NFL Coach of the 12 months Mike Vrabel for his or her head teaching emptiness on Friday, The Athletic reported.

Vrabel, 49, compiled a 54-45 document in six seasons with the Tennessee Titans from 2018-23 earlier than spending this previous season as a guide for the Cleveland Browns.

The Jets interviewed former Washington and Carolina head coach Ron Rivera on Thursday.

New York fired Robert Saleh after a 2-3 begin to his fourth season on the job. The group is 2-9 beneath interim coach Jeff Ulbrich coming into Sunday’s season finale towards the Miami Dolphins in East Rutherford, N.J.

Vrabel is very revered in NFL circles and is anticipated to be on the quick checklist for a number of vacancies this offseason.

In an interview with The Athletic, Vrabel stated that his three fundamental issues for his subsequent job shall be possession, collaboration and the quarterback scenario.

“There’s obtained to be clear communication with possession, in order that we perceive as coaches what the expectations are,” Vrabel stated. “That is so we are able to clarify to them what’s cheap, what we are able to do, what we most likely can do and what we’ll attempt to do — or die making an attempt. I need to have a construction in place that folks see the sport the identical manner I do from an X’s and O’s standpoint, from a personnel standpoint, with team-building. We might hopefully have that alignment, which is important.

“And I would love to have the ability to say that there is a quarterback that you simply really feel like you possibly can win with — or that there is a path to seek out the one that you would be able to win with.”

Vrabel took the Titans to the AFC Championship recreation within the 2019 season and reached the playoffs once more in 2020 and 2021. He was named the Coach of the 12 months after main Tennessee to a 12-5 document in 2021 however was let go after a 6-11 marketing campaign in 2023.

–Area Degree Media