Will Adam Gase be fired before another year with the Jets?

The New York Jets got embarrassed again in Philadelphia today, and it’s fair to start asking if Adam Gase will make it to the second year of his contract with the team.

When Sam Darnold was ruled out of the game on Friday morning, any slim hope the Jets had of beating the Philadelphia Eagles went up in smoke. The Jets did themselves a disservice by failing to prepare backup Luke Falk for the game, instead handing every first team practice rep to Darnold even though he hadn’t been medically cleared for contact yet, a move that falls directly at the feet of Adam Gase.

Gase, who was already an unpopular hire with the fan base, hasn’t endeared himself to New Yorkers with his unimaginative game plans and inability to field a team that looks prepared to compete. The Jets didn’t even practice during their Week 4 bye, instead using that time to go back to the classroom and simplify things.

That resulted in a new look offensive line for the Jets, who started Alex Lewis and rookie Chuma Edoga instead of the injured Kelechi Osemele and ineffective Brandon Shell, but the group was somehow worse than it had been earlier in the season. The Eagles, who had only three sacks entering this matchup, took down Jets’ quarterbacks 10 times in a 31-6 win.

The Jets’ defense actually was decent in this game, but there were a few coverage breakdowns in the secondary that allowed Carson Wentz and company to hit big plays. The main issue for the Jets was, once again, an offense that was pretty much offensive to anyone who knows what competent football looks like.

Falk was a turnover machine, throwing two interceptions and fumbling twice, with the Eagles scoring 21 points off of those turnovers. The Jets picked up just 128 yards of offense on the day, an abysmal performance, and scored just six points on a garbage time touchdown run by rookie running back Vyncint Smith.

That was the Jets’ first offensive touchdown since Week 1, and they have become the worst offense in the league over the course of four weeks. Not having Darnold doesn’t help, but the offensive line is pathetic and Gase has shown little imagination to try and come up with any kind of creative wrinkles to jump start a lost team.

Gase was hired and termed by the Jets as an offensive genius, but he has looked nothing like a wizard since being hired. The Jets did just hire Gase, and they let him have a significant hand in picking General Manager Joe Douglas, but this is also an organization that may be sensitive to fan pressure after a disastrous start to the year.

The Jets are a mess, and while Gase’s familiarity with Douglas could save him for now, more results like this could put the Jets’ first year coach firmly on the unemployment line.