{"id":717060,"date":"2026-01-30T17:45:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T17:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/717060\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T17:45:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T17:45:13","slug":"robert-saleh-explains-his-jets-regret-in-titans-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/717060\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Saleh explains his Jets regret in Titans introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 30, 2026, 11:45 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Former <a href=\"http:\/\/jetswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/jets\/2026\/01\/22\/robert-saleh-titans-just-became-threats-to-poach-jets-free-agents\/88283547007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh<\/a> was introduced as the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/tennessee-titans\/336\" data-autotag=\"f9731e2d-52ac-46db-9b52-ab518dbe13b4\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Tennessee Titans<\/a>&#8216; new head coach on Thursday. Saleh is receiving a second opportunity to lead a franchise despite compiling a record of 20-36 in East Rutherford.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">During his introductory press conference, Saleh discussed some of his regrets and learning experiences with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-jets\/352\" data-autotag=\"61e70eee-950b-4335-a373-675b010563dc\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Jets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Saleh explained that he plans to call defensive plays with the Titans. That&#8217;s a departure from how he handled responsibilities with the Jets. &#8220;I felt like I was the timeout and red flag [challenge] guy,&#8221; Saleh told local Titans reporters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Despite being a play-calling defensive coordinator when the Jets hired him, Saleh opted not to call plays, deciding to focus on in-game management. He hired Jeff Ulbrich to be his d-coordinator and defensive play caller, and he coached alongside Saleh until the latter&#8217;s 2024 midseason firing. Ulbrich then assumed interim head coaching duties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Jets&#8217; defense was mostly terrific throughout the Saleh and Ulbrich era. It was the offense that never got figured out under various offensive coordinators. Ironically, Saleh wasn&#8217;t a terrific in-game management coach despite not calling plays.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Jets&#8217; defense was mostly terrific throughout the Saleh and Ulbrich era. It was the offense that never got figured out under various offensive coordinators. Ironically, Saleh wasn&#8217;t a terrific in-game management coach despite not calling plays.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Saleh at times looked disconnected and calling plays could help him rediscover his energy in Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Saleh clearly has regrets over his tenure as head coach in New York. Jets fans will undeniably monitor his progress with the Titans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 30, 2026, 11:45 a.m. ET Former New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh was introduced as the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":695736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[95878,7,226,1917,255,2321,2097,6,97197,97198,95882,96747,95895,95897,95975,95884,95883,95889,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-717060","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-jets","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-jets","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkjets","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-sstssportsnfljets","17":"tag-sstsnjets","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagnew-york-jets","20":"tag-tagnfl-hub","21":"tag-tagoverall-negative","22":"tag-tagrobert-saleh","23":"tag-tagsports-coaching-training","24":"tag-tagsports-news","25":"tag-tagtennessee-titans","26":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717060","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=717060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/695736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}