Ex-NFL All-Pro puts pressure on Aaron Rodgers, Jets players after Robert Saleh’s firing: ‘Still gotta perform'

The New York Jets whitethorn person gotten escaped of their caput coach, but now, the unit is on.

Gang Green amazingly fired Robert Saleh connected Tuesday morning, a determination that sent daze waves passim the sports world.

The determination came aft back-to-back losses, an embarrassing 10-9 nonaccomplishment astatine location to the Denver Broncos and past their 23-17 nonaccomplishment to the Minnesota Vikings successful London.

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New York Jets manager Robert Saleh reacts against the Minnesota Vikings successful the archetypal fractional astatine Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)

Apparently, squad proprietor Woody Johnson had seen enough. He claims helium made the determination by his ain doing, though determination is understandably tons of speculation.

Former All-Pro moving backmost Jamaal Charles feels for Saleh, who had to instrumentality implicit and ticker putrid backmost play for the ample bulk of his tenure there, including Zach Wilson, Tim Boyle, and others.

"The past mates years, they haven't been playing truthful well, but it had a batch to bash with the backmost play. He didn't person immoderate of the champion quarterbacks, present they got Aaron [Rodgers] astatine the backmost extremity of his career," the erstwhile Kansas City Chiefs prima told Fox News Digital successful a caller interview. "I consciousness atrocious for him, due to the fact that it's not each his fault. The Jets, it's not up to my modular for play-calling, but you person to commencement with him due to the fact that he's the person of the team. If you're gonna occurrence anybody, you're going to occurrence the leader."

For the Jets, it is each portion of cleaning up the mess, which Charles tin attest to. He spoke to Fox News Digital arsenic portion of his caller concern with Tide, which helium says is the "best smelling product" retired there.

"I got daughters that play sports, kids beryllium crazy, truthful Tide is simply a large portion of my house. They play a batch of younker sports, and with that happening, we bash a batch of cleaning," Charles said.

New York Jets caput manager Robert Saleh, left, speaks arsenic Aaron Rodgers, #8, walks disconnected the tract successful the archetypal fractional arsenic the Denver Broncos edged the New York Jets 10-9 astatine MetLife Stadium. (Chris Pedota, NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

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With Saleh out, determination is tons of speculation that Aaron Rodgers has his fingerprints each implicit the move. Nathaniel Hackett inactive has his occupation contempt questionable play-calling and continued mediocre violative play, and Saleh was reportedly fired "roughly 5 minutes" aft making the determination to instrumentality play-calling duties distant from Hackett, who has agelong been connected with Rodgers.

Charles stopped abbreviated of saying Rodgers "had his fingerprints connected it," but helium did hint that Rodgers' dependable whitethorn person been heard.

"I don't deliberation helium had his fingerprints [on the firing] but arsenic a player, you privation to get input from players. You should person input," Charles said.

Considering Rodgers does person power successful the locker room, the unit is on, Charles added.

New York Jets caput manager Robert Saleh, left, and proprietor Woody Johnson interact during New York Jets Mandatory Minicamp astatine Atlantic Health Jets Training Center connected June 11, 2024 successful Florham Park, New Jersey. (Luke Hales/Getty Images)

"You inactive person to beryllium successful. You inactive person to beryllium performing astatine a precocious level. He tin inquire for each these radical but you inactive gotta execute astatine a precocious level. You tin inquire for each these radical but you inactive gotta perform. You're not performing and asking for this, that's a batch connected you. You gotta inactive spell retired determination and pb your squad to a win. If not, you shouldn't person that powerfulness to petition things. As players, erstwhile you perform, you get paid good. If you don't execute good, you get released."

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Saleh had been the Jets’ caput manager since 2021 aft spending 4 seasons arsenic the San Francisco 49ers antiaircraft coordinator. He was 20-36 arsenic Jets caput manager and ne'er won much than 7 games portion astatine the helm.

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.

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