{"id":646838,"date":"2026-01-02T00:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T00:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/646838\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T00:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T00:51:11","slug":"new-york-jets-are-expected-to-make-offensive-coaching-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/646838\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Jets are expected to make offensive coaching changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Changes are coming for the New York Jets offense. It just may not be hitting offensive coordinator Tanner Engstrand. <\/p>\n

In his first season as the play-caller on an NFL offense, the results have been quite disappointing for the former Detroit Lions passing game coordinator. Outside of a top-10 finish on the ground, New York\u2019s passing offense has been the worst in the NFL<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Just because the team\u2019s offense has struggled throughout the season, though, doesn\u2019t mean Engstrand is the main culprit. <\/p>\n

He\u2019s just going to be part of resounding changes made on that side of the ball. <\/p>\n

Changes coming for Jets offense<\/p>\n

Engstrand\u2019s passing offense is based on the Detroit Lions and Ben Johnson\u2019s schematic advantages of using motion and moving receivers around to get open. Quality drop-back passers are a must for an offensive scheme like that. <\/p>\n

The Jets didn\u2019t have a quarterback like that this season. <\/p>\n

Justin Fields had four games with under 60 yards passing despite having players open downfield, Tyrod Taylor got hurt after just a couple of starts, and Brady Cook is an undrafted free agent. <\/p>\n

Therefore, it should come as no surprise that while significant changes are needed within the group, Engstrand isn\u2019t one of those changes coming.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs it stands now,\u201d Sports Illustrated\u2019s Albert Breer<\/a> wrote on Wednesday, \u201cI think it\u2019ll mean changes around OC Tanner Engstrand, with perhaps some more quarterbacking infrastructure, rather than replacing him.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Breer speaks of offensive changes, the most important change is at quarterback. Whether it\u2019s a top pick in the upcoming draft or a free agent\/trade acquisition, the Jets will have a new signal-caller leading the way in 2026. <\/p>\n

Surrounding that quarterback with proper coaching is also essential. Whether replacements come at the position of the passing game coordinator, quarterback coach, or elsewhere, the Jets are focused on surrounding a new signal-caller with as much support as possible.<\/p>\n

That is where structure becomes so essential. It can resolve all the problems the Jets have faced from that perspective this season.<\/p>\n

Despite all the issues, Engstrand remains optimistic that the unit will improve.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we have a good foundation of what we\u2019re trying to build as a team and as a culture in the building, and how we want to play, and what our brand is,\u201d Engstrand said about the Jets\u2019 current predicament. \u201cAnd then we will continue to sharpen that and hone that in as we head into the offseason.\u201d<\/p>\n

Engstrand\u2019s play design and calls were good enough this season to warrant a shot to develop a rookie quarterback (if that\u2019s the way the Jets go in April). Getting him proper assistant coaches around is a no-brainer for the team going forward. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Changes are coming for the New York Jets offense. It just may not be hitting offensive coordinator Tanner…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":646839,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[2723,113,7,3228,226,493,1917,255,2321,2097,6,4403,3231,3916,3233,3234,31834,12599,11863],"class_list":{"0":"post-646838","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-brady-cook","9":"tag-detroit-lions","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-free-content","12":"tag-jets","13":"tag-justin-fields","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-jets","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkjets","18":"tag-nfl","19":"tag-ny-jets-coaches","20":"tag-ny-jets-news","21":"tag-ny-jets-players","22":"tag-ny-jets-rumors-transactions","23":"tag-standard","24":"tag-syndication","25":"tag-tanner-engstrand","26":"tag-tyrod-taylor"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115822768210301703","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}