The Jets can replace Adam Gase with these 5 coaching candidates

Hiring a college coach is a major risk considering how it goes wrong more often than it doesn’t (see also: Bobby Petrino), but Riley has plenty of factors working in his favor. He’s young, has produced two Heisman winners and one runner-up in three years as Sooners head coach, and has won the Big 12 in three straight seasons in Norman.

Riley could stay in college and beat Iowa State by 35 every year until the end of time, but Riley has to be eyeing a move to the pros as some point in the near future. Given how he could make widespread chance within the Jets organization, this could be the best chance he gets with regards to molding a franchise in his image.

The Jets might be bad enough to get the No. 1 overall pick. Even if they miss out on Trevor Lawrence, they’ll be spoiled for choice in a QB-rich draft. Riley’s ability to consistently rank near the top of most college leaderboards in terms of yards per attempt and total yards shows that his vertical offense has been nearly unstoppable at the college level.

That refreshing change of pace as compared to whatever the heck Gase is trying to do on offense should make the Jets’ one of the league’s most captivating watches in 2021.