Adam Gase Proves He Deserves to Be Fired After Inept Jets Opener

 BILLS 27 - JETS 17 

Don't let the final score of 27-17 fool you, because this game was never this close. Never; not even once. Had Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen not fumbled twice down in the Jets red zone, and had kicker Tyler Bass converted on a couple of field goals, the Bills could have easily blown this horrible Jets team out of the water 47-10. 

 

The Jets proved one thing on Sunday, they stink. They stink so bad that you might as well put them on the clock for the 2021 NFL Draft. And so begins the clock on Adam Gase's career as Jets head coach. The Jets looked unprepared, unmotivated and totally out of sync in Buffalo.

All we heard this summer from the Jets was how this season would be totally different. How Sam Darnold was maturing as a starting quarterback. How the Jets offense would be improved -- even tough they were losing wide receivers all over the place. All we heard was how this offensive line - rebuilt by Joe Douglas would be vastly improved. 

After one week, all of those promises were fact checked, debunked and proven to be nothing more than a basket full of lies. 

The Jets offense was totally inept. Managing only 254 yards of total offense, and 15 first downs, most of which were obtained in garbage time when this game was already decided, Darnold proved he's got a long way to go in his development.

At halftime, Darnold completed only eight of 18 passes for 86 yards and an interception. While he was sacked only once in the first half, he was completely under siege as the Jets offensive line was out of sync. Moreover, the Jets couldn't run the football. Le'Veon Bell and Frank Gore, combined ran for only 38 yards between them, with Bell leaving the game early in the third quarter with hamstring tightness. 

Darnold finished with 215 yards passing and a touchdown, but looked completely lost. In a year where there is a ton of pressure on him to step up a third year veteran, Darnold fell flat on his face, and a lot of the blame lays at Gase's feet. He has failed this quarterback. When asked about Darnold, Gase would only say he needed to "watch the film." 

That is not the answer Jets fans need nor deserve. That is not the answer Sam Darnold needs nor deserves. Gase and General Manager Joe Douglas promised that things would be different in 2020, and instead, one game in, 2020 looks a lot like 2019. 

And speaking of Douglas, this was a nightmare opening for him. Not only did his retooled offensive line fail badly, but his decision to trade Jamal Adams looked worse when Adams recorded 12 tackles, a sack and two forced fumbles in a 38-25 win for the Seahawks over the Atlanta Falcons. If anyone needed this week 1 to start off on a right foot it was Douglas. He looks foolish right now. 

As for the Bills, Allen was his tyically overaggressive self. 

Allen threw for 312 yards and two touchdowns, even ran one in, but he did force some throws, and his two fumbles kept the Bills off the scoreboard. Still Buffalo - while mediocre - is 10 times the team the Jets are. They are well coached, prepared and on the same page. That is something nobody can say with a straight face regarding Adam Gase's Jets. 

The Jets look foolish. Adam Gase is hanging onto his job by a thread and things won't get any better next week when the defending NFC Champion San Francisco 49ers come into town. 

The Jets are starring at an uncertain future, and if week 1 was any indication, this season is on pace to be a hurricane.