Insider Look: Nathaniel Hackett's Impact on Jets' Offense

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00:00Earlier, we played Ulbricht talking about Hackett and it was embarrassing.

00:10It was literally the most embarrassing thing I've ever, that I think I've ever seen.

00:14Like he was talking about how he's going to give us his all.

00:17I'm so proud to know him.

00:19And I know he's going to give us the, you know, the, the, the Gipper.

00:23Like I, it was, it was so unbelievable.

00:26Like they, they demoted him.

00:28He's literally, I think, one step away from high school football.

00:32He's so finished with the Jets.

00:34It's not even funny.

00:35And they named this new guy to call the plays.

00:39So why act like they're not screwing Hackett and play this press guy?

00:45The guy wouldn't stop.

00:46He talked for five minutes about how wonderful Hackett is, even though everyone thinks he's

00:50a hack.

00:51Yeah.

00:52And you and I have talked about Nathaniel Hackett, the former Denver Broncos head coach

00:56who didn't even make out of one season.

00:58So basically what's happened here is, so the reason why they're keeping around, and a coach

01:03from another team, by the way, said, there's no way they should do this.

01:05It's dysfunctional, but I'll explain why they did it.

01:09Hackett's running a West Coast offense.

01:10This is the one that Aaron Rodgers has played in his entire career.

01:14And it's also, they're running his plays, as he was explaining to me by a coach with

01:18another team is you can't, you can't redo your scheme in, in, in season.

01:23You have to do it in the off season.

01:25So they have to keep his playbook.

01:26So Todd Downing, who was their passing game coordinator, and also, by the way, the quarterbacks

01:30coach, the other quarterbacks coach was fired in last spring.

01:35So, so Downing now is their play caller.

01:38The reason why Ulbricht likes him, as he explained to me, Downing coached Derrick Henry.

01:42He also coached for Jack Del Rio.

01:44And the one thing Del Rio wanted is a run game.

01:48Ulbricht's about the run.

01:49He's a defensive head coach, a defensive coach who's now an interim head coach.

01:53He wants a run game.

01:54Now, the thing is, though, Scott, and one of the, one of the things, and we haven't

01:58been together since Robert Sala got fired, and I'll give you a little bit of background

02:02on it.

02:03But one of the things that people are not talking about is how bad the run game has

02:06been with Brees Hall.

02:08Much better early in the season, lately it's been awful.

02:11And it has been a disaster, and this is their bread and butter.

02:14They don't run the ball very well.

02:16And there's nothing wrong with Brees Hall, as I'm told.

02:18He's healthy.

02:19He's fine.

02:20He looked fine coming off the ACL as last season progressed.

02:22So, they've got to get the run game going.

02:24Their defense under Ulbricht is fine.

02:26Now, I will tell you, inside the Jets building, inside their facility, inside their organization,

02:30Jeff Ulbricht's highly respected.

02:33As one league source told me today, a smart thing, as bizarre as it was, as bizarre as

02:39it was, is they're one game out of first place.

02:42If they win Monday night, technically they are in first place.

02:45But as bizarre as it is, you don't wait until five games before the season ends to fire

02:50your head coach if you like the interim.

02:52You do it as early as possible to give them a realistic chance at keeping the job or to

02:56evaluate them.

02:57Because, let's say the Jets, for argument's sake, week 13, week 14, the four games under

03:04500, where it's obvious Sal's got to go and maybe the whole staff's going to go, but you

03:08want to promote Ulbricht?

03:09It's too late then.

03:10Everybody knows the staff's out of there.

03:13Do this now and give the guy a better chance.

03:15And they've clearly underachieved.

03:16Let's call it like it is.

03:17And that's really one of the things that got Robert Sala fired.

03:21Let's face it, last year, you and I talked about this, after last season, it wasn't a

03:26given he was coming back.

03:28And talking to people who know the owner pretty well, Woody Johnson doesn't let people know

03:32what he's going to do.

03:33He just does it.

03:34But it's not on a whim, just so you understand.

03:37It's generally over a series of weeks and months.

03:39In this case, it's over a series of weeks where he puts together an idea, then he acts

03:43on it.

03:44And in a game where that offense was absolutely pitiful against Brian Flores, who's great,

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