In a minor surprise, the Jets fired defensive coordinator Steve Wilks after their Week 15 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars. It wasn’t a minor surprise based on Wilks’ job performance. It was only a minor surprise based on timing. We might have expected the Jets to wait until the end of the season to make a change.
Regardless, Jets fans who voted in our SB Nation Reacts survey overwhelmingly agreed with the decision.
You normally don’t see 94 percent agreement on anything in our polls. This shows just how frustrated the fanbase had become with the defensive coordinator.
The big picture view fans have on the Jets is split. In fact our vote on overall confidence in the team was a virtual tie.
This is identical to the vote last week, where 51 percent of Jets fans also expressed confidence in the team’s direction. An ugly loss to Jacksonville has done little to change the long-term perspective of fans.