Broncos loss was Woody Johnsons Robert Saleh breaking point

The Robert Saleh era with the Jets came to a quick, stunning end Tuesday morning. Owner Woody Johnson fired Saleh, who was five games into his fourth year as head coach, just before 10 a.m.two days after the Jets lost 23-17 to the Vikings in London, their second straight disappointing loss.

The Jets named defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich as the interim head coach. The move was surprising because of its timing.The Jets are 2-3 and did have encouraging wins against the Titans and Patriots this season.

But Saleh, who had one year remaining on his contract, could not overcome a 20-36 overall record and the feeling from Johnson that he was not fixing what was wrong with the Jets, who entered this season with Super Bowl aspirations. “When I take a look at this team, I’ve been doing this for 25 years now, and this is probably the best team I’ve had in 25 years,” Johnson said in a Tuesday afternoon conference call with reporters.“And I just felt that the best way to go forward was a new direction.

I thought that would get the most out of this team and give us the best chance that we all want to have, which is going to the playoffs.” This is the first time Johnson has made a midseason coaching change as owner.The 77-year-old Johnson was fuming after the Jets’ 10-9 loss to the Broncos last week, according to sources.

He wanted Saleh to make radical changes.Saleh instead preached patience, but Johnson was out of that. Then, the Jets flopped in London, where Johnson served as the U.S.

Ambassador to the United Kingdom under former President Donald Trump from 2017-21.Johnson had a long flight home to think about the future of the team and decided Tuesday morning to fire Saleh. Saleh showed up for work ready to game plan for the Bills, the Jets’ opponent on Monday night.

Shortly before 10 a.m., Johnson and his brother Christopher walked into Saleh’s office and delivered the news.Saleh wanted to say goodbye to the team, but was not given the chance....