- End of regular season sees teams making changes at top
- Jaguars set to take Trevor Lawrence with No 1 overall pick
The NFL’s Black Monday, when underachieving teams traditionally fire their head coaches at the end of the regular season, saw the New York Jets, Los Angeles Chargers and Jacksonville Jaguars make moves at the top.
For once the Jets led the rest of the league, actually firing Gase on Sunday night. The move was unsurprising after Gase compiled a 9-23 record with the Jets during his two seasons in charge. This season, the Jets started 0-14 before winning their final two games to move themselves out of the running to select Trevor Lawrence, considered the most talented young quarterback in a generation, as the No 1 overall pick in April’s draft. The Jets hailed Gase as an offensive guru when he was hired, after an underwhelming spell with the Dolphins, but he failed to ignite the offense or develop their starting quarterback, Sam Darnold.
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