Its first place or a dark place on the line for the Jets with Bills looming

This is a moment of truth for the Jets they were not expecting this early in the season, if at all. Aaron Rodgers will now be armed with a new head coach and a new play-caller for a game he and the 2-3 Jets need to win against the 3-2 Bills on Monday night to stop the bleeding and prevent a skid that could precipitate a crisis of confidence. First place, or a dark place. The new head coach, Jeff Ulbrich, must get his defense to continue to play with its hair on fire against a struggling Josh Allen to give Rodgers a chance to win the game in the fourth quarter if it is required of him. The new play-caller, Todd Downing, must get the plays to Rodgers quickly and decisively, and get Breece Hall involved more, particularly as a weapon out of the backfield, and get tight end Tyler Conklin more involved, so that Rodgers doesn’t have to target Garrett Wilson 22 times again. And Aaron Rodgers? Perhaps if he had been able to throw a touchdown pass against the Broncos, perhaps if he hadn’t thrown three interceptions — one a pick-six — in London against the Vikings, perhaps if the offensive line had kept him from consecutive poundings, Robert Saleh would still be his head coach. Woody Johnson sounded like late Jets owner Leon Hess, who said this when he hired Rich Kotite in 1995: “I’m 80 years old.I want results now.” Hess was 82 years old when he hired Bill Parcells after Kotite gave him 4-28 results. After a 12-year playoff drought, Johnson all but stood atop the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center and shouted, “I’m 76 years old.

I want results now” when he made the blockbuster play for Rodgers 19 months ago. Sometimes these thunderbolt coaching changes can provide the spark that the owner is desperately seeking. But the reality is that we have seen MVP Rodgers just twice, once in winning time against the Titans and once against the Patriots, but more often this season we have seen the 2022 Green Bay Rodgers — the one with the career-low 91....