On January 9, the Jets interviewed Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy for their head coaching position.
This is a candidate that makes sense on several levels.
He’s been a head coach before.
At this particular time in New York Jets history, they need to hire a guy with previous NFL head coaching experience.
After 14 years out of the playoffs, this isn’t the time for amateur hour, and a guy learning on the job next year. It’s just not.
Nagy went 34-31 in four seasons with the Bears and made the playoffs twice.
And he has learned so much from Andy Reid, probably the best coach in the NFL right now, winner of the last two Super Bowls. Nagy has gone to The Reid Graduate School of NFL Coaching twice – 2013-17 and 2022 to now. He has learned so much from the master, and going back after getting fired by Chicago, allowed him to take his experience with the Bears, and enhance his head coaching skillset even more, working with his Yoda for three more years, and correcting mistakes he made in Chi-Town.
And, that Chiefs offense is a great scheme, and he would bring that to Florham Park.
I’m not endorsing any candidate here, but this guy is worth taking a serious look at. He checks many boxes.
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