{"id":735613,"date":"2026-02-07T12:45:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T12:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/735613\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T12:45:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T12:45:25","slug":"ex-steelers-tight-ends-coach-alfredo-roberts-joins-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/735613\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Steelers tight ends coach Alfredo Roberts joins Jets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 7, 2026, 5:07 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The 2026 NFL coaching carousel saw the <a href=\"http:\/\/steelerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/steelers\/2026\/02\/06\/steelers-dk-metcalf-ryan-kennedy-incident-police-investigation\/88547715007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> completely <a href=\"http:\/\/steelerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/steelers\/2026\/02\/01\/steelers-mike-mccarthy-coaching-staff-tracker\/88463007007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">overhaul their staff<\/a>, from high-profile hires to some fan favorites departing the Steel City. And another coach has just left Pittsburgh for the AFC East.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">On Friday, NFL Network\u2019s Omar Ruiz reported that former <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/pittsburgh-steelers\/356\" data-autotag=\"c4d4185f-a327-423a-aa54-67a40f9dee05\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Steelers<\/a> tight ends coach Alfredo Roberts joined the New York Jets staff in the same role.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Beginning his coaching career in 1999, Roberts brings two decades of experience to the Jets organization, primarily as a tight ends coach, including tenures with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/jacksonville-jaguars\/365\" data-autotag=\"0e187629-debe-49e8-9e02-83bd36ad3fcc\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/tampa-bay-buccaneers\/362\" data-autotag=\"0975654b-7314-4c6a-8b1d-0052f65c0335\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a>, Los Angeles Chargers, and most recently the Steelers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Ruiz wasn\u2019t the only former Steelers coach to depart Pittsburgh for the Jets this week, as defensive line coach Karl Dunbar also joined New York\u2019s coaching staff after spending the past eight seasons with the Black and Gold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">For up-to-date\u00a0Steelers\u00a0coverage, including any offseason moves, follow us on X\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheSteelersWire\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">@TheSteelersWire<\/a>\u00a0and give our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SteelersWire\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0a like.<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 7, 2026, 5:07 a.m. ET The 2026 NFL coaching carousel saw the Pittsburgh Steelers completely overhaul their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":735614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[95878,7,6,520,57,2360,96718,96719,426,95882,95893,95936,95896,95888,95895,95899,96721,96720,96071,95884,95883,96239,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-735613","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-pittsburgh","12":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","13":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","14":"tag-sstssportsnflsteelers","15":"tag-sstsnsteelers","16":"tag-steelers","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagfacebook","19":"tag-tagjacksonville-jaguars","20":"tag-tagnational-sports","21":"tag-tagnfl","22":"tag-tagnfl-hub","23":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","24":"tag-tagpittsburgh","25":"tag-tagpittsburgh-steelers","26":"tag-tagsmg-timely","27":"tag-tagsports-coaching-training","28":"tag-tagsports-news","29":"tag-tagtampa-bay-buccaneers","30":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116029418625890367","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735613","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=735613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/735614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}