{"id":746382,"date":"2026-02-12T05:27:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T05:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/746382\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T05:27:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T05:27:20","slug":"the-new-york-jets-offensive-coaching-staffs-ace-in-the-hole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/746382\/","title":{"rendered":"The New York Jets offensive coaching staff’s ace in the hole"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not everyone is on board with the changes the New York Jets have made offensively. <\/p>\n

The additions of Frank Reich as the play-caller and Bill Musgrave as quarterback coach<\/a> have brought contrasting opinions from fans and analysts. Critics point to both coaches\u2019 struggles in recent years to keep up with modern influences in the game.<\/p>\n

New York\u2019s need for a new quarterback room doesn\u2019t help matters either. <\/p>\n

While many will look for the worst in either coaching hire, there\u2019s reason to be optimistic for the Jets offense in 2026 \u2014 even before they fully commit to a starting quarterback in the near future.<\/p>\n

Jets\u2019 offensive philosophy<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start with the obvious\u2026<\/p>\n

It\u2019s always a very good thing when an organization like the Jets can bring quality offensive minds with quarterback experience to the team. The experience Musgrave and Reich have in the quarterback development category \u2014 however long it has been \u2014 should always be seen as a positive.<\/p>\n

Reich helped signal-callers like Carson Wentz, Nick Foles, Philip Rivers, and Andrew Luck all play well under his tutelage. While he wasn\u2019t always a play-caller, his experience as an NFL quarterback, coupled with his decades of coaching, provides a nurturing environment for any youngster.<\/p>\n

Musgrave, on the other hand, helped kickstart Matt Ryan and Derek Carr\u2019s careers. While Ryan is clearly the better player, the stint with Carr with the Raiders was easily the best we have seen from the now 35-year-old. Both Reich and Musgrave should be able to come in and immediately improve the Jets\u2019 quarterback room\u2019s competency. <\/p>\n

Philosophically, the West Coast offense has been tied to the two coaches for decades now. Their system is predicated on short reads and getting the ball out quickly. Reich\u2019s work in the RPO game was revolutionary in the late 2010s. <\/p>\n

But after struggles at the end of his tenure in Indianapolis and a disastrous run with the Carolina Panthers, Reich has been out of the NFL for the last few years. <\/p>\n

Critics will point to those struggles as evidence that the league is catching up to Reich\u2019s scheme \u2014 and that may be true \u2014 but the Jets have an ace in the hole for those very concerns\u2026 <\/p>\n

Passing game coordinator Seth Ryan<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Experience marrying youth<\/p>\n

Once upon a time, a dynamic play-caller named Andy Reid was run out of Philadelphia after a 14-year run with the team, the final two of which were disastrous in nature. Critics pointed to Reid\u2019s outdated offensive philosophy that had clearly been figured out by the 2012 campaign.<\/p>\n

Reid moved to Kansas City and instantly modernized his offense with younger college coaches who had a bead on where the college game was heading. Reid altered his system to help Alex Smith\u2019s career in a major way. <\/p>\n

In his first season with the Chiefs, Smith made the first Pro Bowl of his nine-year career, and Reid\u2019s offense ultimately led to the domination of Patrick Mahomes.<\/p>\n

Reich is not Andy Reid; not by a long shot. But the concept of an aging offensive mind getting an infusion of philosophical and schematic ideas from younger specialists is not unheard of. That is exactly what the Jets are going for with the addition of Ryan as their passing game coordinator.<\/p>\n

Ryan has been given a seal of approval of sorts from Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson \u2014 arguably one of the best offensive minds in the league today.<\/p>\n

If Johnson can tout Ryan\u2019s creativity in offensive circles, maybe the Jets are smart to bring him in to modernize Reich\u2019s own offensive philosophy. <\/p>\n

That is what fans forget. This won\u2019t just be Frank Reich\u2019s offense, or Bill Musgrave\u2019s quarterback room. There will be ideas taken away from each individual and given a modern flair with Ryan in the building. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s what Jets fans have been mostly clamoring for over the last few years. <\/p>\n

The same can be said with young Brian Duker supporting Aaron Glenn\u2019s defense, whereas the special teams staff features a reverse design: veteran assistant Kevin O\u2019Dea supporting Chris Banjo. <\/p>\n

No one knows who the quarterback will be, but at the very least, the New York Jets\u2019 ace-in-the-hole strategy of injecting youthful potential alongside veteran experience should provide a bit more optimism. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Not everyone is on board with the changes the New York Jets have made offensively. The additions of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":746383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[1585,48244,7,6494,3228,226,1917,255,2321,2097,6,4403,6531,106286,3234],"class_list":["post-746382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-jets","tag-aaron-glenn","tag-bill-musgrave","tag-football","tag-frank-reich","tag-free-content","tag-jets","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-jets","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkjets","tag-nfl","tag-ny-jets-coaches","tag-ny-jets-column","tag-seth-ryan","tag-standard"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116056007981455360","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746382","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=746382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/746383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=746382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=746382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=746382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}