Also no matter what Jerry says, I'd be pretty shocked if he doesn't make a head coaching move if this team doesn't make the playoffs. So he can say all he wants how he's not thinking about a change -- that's GM speak for the media so as not to give them ammunition or fan the flames.
But there's a reason Garrett doesn't have an extension. This was a "no excuses" year frankly there aren't any right now. Tyron being out isn't an excuse against the 0-4 Jets. Neither is being noncompetitive at home against the Packers.
I've been adamant that Garrett has built this team up from an undertalented 8-8 machine into a team that competed for division championship regularly, and that is true. But this year with this team, failing to make the playoffs (and win a round or rounds) would require a series of meltdowns which we are currently witnessing that would cast a lot of doubt on the direction he's taking them. Selling yourself as a coach who can keep your team a Division Winner when things go right, health wise, is one thing, even if you have a ceiling, but when things go more or less right and you miss the playoffs, that undercuts your resume. This team should have been offensive-stagnation proof to an extent with this defense, but Lawrence, Smith, Jones and Awuzie, and others that we were counting on to lead the defense are busting.
Conversely, the team should have been defensive-slippage proof with the offense - it should have been able to run OR pass or both effectively and take pressure off the D in any number of ways. Right now it's doing neither.
It seems like a directionless ship right now and that's bad.
