{"id":735776,"date":"2026-02-07T14:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T14:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/735776\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T14:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T14:20:14","slug":"ny-jets-hire-alfredo-roberts-as-tight-ends-coach-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/735776\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Jets hire Alfredo Roberts as tight ends coach (Report)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron Glenn\u2019s revamped coaching staff is taking shape.<\/p>\n<p>After hiring <a href=\"https:\/\/jetsxfactor.com\/2026\/02\/04\/jets-offense-built-around-specific-package-reich-hire\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Frank Reich as the team\u2019s offensive coordinator<\/a> on Tuesday and <a href=\"https:\/\/jetsxfactor.com\/2026\/02\/06\/new-york-jets-dl-coach-karl-dunbar-scheme-change-signal\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Karl Dunbar as defensive line coach<\/a> on Wednesday, the New York Jets hired Alfredo Roberts as their tight ends coach on Friday, per NFL Network\u2019s Omar Ruiz.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">#Jets<\/a> are hiring former Steelers TE\u2019s coach Alfredo Roberts for the same position, according to a source with knowledge of the move.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Omar Ruiz (@OmarDRuiz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OmarDRuiz\/status\/2019879320987238710?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">February 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Glenn chose to release the majority of his coaching staff this offseason, tight ends coach Jeff Blasko <a href=\"https:\/\/jetsxfactor.com\/2026\/02\/02\/new-york-jets-lose-another-offensive-coach-report\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">departed on his own<\/a>, as Todd Monken poached him to serve in the same role on his staff with the Cleveland Browns.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts, 60, spent five years in the NFL (1988-93) as a tight end with the Kansas City Chiefs and Dallas Cowboys. Over his career, Roberts appeared in 80 games (36 starts), while reeling in 48 of his 92 targets for 450 yards and two touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Since joining the NFL coaching ranks in 2003, this will mark the 60-year-old\u2019s seventh stint as a tight ends coach in the pros, spending time in that same role with the Jacksonville Jaguars (2003-06), Cleveland Browns (2007-08), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2009-11), Indianapolis Colts (2012-15) and Los Angeles Chargers (2020), while coming off a five-year run as the Pittsburgh Steelers\u2019 TE coach (2021-25).<\/p>\n<p>During his time with the Steelers, he helped develop Pat Freiermuth, a second-round pick in 2021, who earned a lucrative four-year, $48 million contract extension with the team. <\/p>\n<p>Under Roberts\u2019 watch, Freiermuth ranked 12th among tight ends in receiving yards for the 2024 season (668) and third in touchdowns (7). In 2025, Freiermuth and free agent pickup Jonnu Smith combined for 706 yards and six touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts joins Dunbar as the second coach Glenn has hired this offseason from Mike Tomlin\u2019s old staff in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aaron Glenn\u2019s revamped coaching staff is taking shape. After hiring Frank Reich as the team\u2019s offensive coordinator on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":735777,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2051],"tags":[1585,7,3228,226,1917,255,2321,2097,6,4403,3231,3234],"class_list":{"0":"post-735776","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-aaron-glenn","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-free-content","11":"tag-jets","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-jets","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkjets","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-ny-jets-coaches","18":"tag-ny-jets-news","19":"tag-standard"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116029792343184495","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735776","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=735776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/735777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}