The Big Green Scapegoat

When Rex Ryan became the NY Jets Head Coach he made an immediate impact. He joined Mike Tannenbaum and built a team with a strong defense, a pretty good offense led by a rookie quarterback. During the first two seasons together they were 1 win shy from a Super Bowl appearance. The following season wasn't as good as the team went 8-8. Then there was last season. A year that was full of Mark Sanchez interceptions and injuries to big name players such as Santonio Holmes and Darrell Revis. The team was 6-10 and I think they were worse then their record showed. Some of the worse games featured a 49-19 loss to the Patriots, 34-0 loss to the 49ers, the loss to the Titans on Monday Night football 14-10 in which the Jets were given chances to score towards the end but didn't. Even some of the wins were ugly such as the 7-6 win over Arizona.

As everyone knows Mike Tannenbaum was fired and Rex remained Head Coach. A lot of people in the media questioned why Rex was able to keep his job and Tannenbaum wasn't. Tannenbaum was the one who gave Sanchez the extension due to his success in his first two seasons. Sanchez was still under contract so it didn't make sense at the time for the extension but then again if Sanchez was playing great the past 2 seasons then I would be saying otherwise. So after the abysmal season I think Woody Johnson kind of pinned a lot of the blame on Tannenbaum since he was the one that was fired.

New GM Mike Idzik had been busy at the start as the Jets cut players such as Bart Scott and Calvin Pace, and they also failed to resign a lot of players such as Laron Landry, Yeremiah Bell, Shonn Greene, Dustin Keller, Mike Devito and Brandon Moore. Not to mention, Idzik was and most likely still trying to trade Darrell Revis and who knows if they will get anything in return for this season. It will most likely be for picks in the 2014 draft unless something happens quick or even at the draft this month. If the Jets don't get any picks in this draft for Revis then how is Rex supposed to win this upcoming season? It's simple, he isn't. I am a big fan of Rex Ryan and he brought the Jets back on the radar but he is being setup to fail and follow Tannenbaums footsteps in being the next scapegoat. It doesn't make sense that a team that goes into rebuilding mode to fire only the GM. Rex Ryan is under contract for this upcoming season so keeping him around could be a money thing, he also will be calling the plays for the defense. Will this season be Rex's last as Jets Head Coach or will he be able to use the little talent the team has and put together some big wins to build his accountability up for a new contract. We all know Rex Ryan is usually very vocal but we really haven't heard much from him since the dismantling of the team. Its seems that Idzik is running the show, but if the Jets have a bad season, it won't be Idzik it will be Rex Ryan who will lose his job and he will be the 2013 NY Jets Scapegoat.