2nd guessing self
always 20-20.” at the end of the day, I got to do my job and get that win.” t takes Adams “48 hours” to purge a loss from his system. He’ll review the game in his mind on Sunday before reviewing the film with coaches and teammates the next day. After dissecting and processing what happened in the previous four quarters, it’s on to the next challenge. “That’s just how I am,” Adams said. “I’ve tried to change. I tried to be positive, but it’s hard to be positive after a loss. It’s never good to wake up after a loss, man. I’ve learned how to lose as far as how to bounce back. But I’ll never get used to losing. I don’t know what that is. I don’t like that feeling.” The Jets need more people like Jamal Adams in that building. Rodgers said Revis is “still a tremendous football player.”
“In my mind,” Rodgers added, “I think he still has some gas left in the tank.”
Iof swelling in his surgically repaired knee. The running back said he still has “significant swelling,” but the “knee feels a lot better internally.” For the remainder of the season, Forte will likely sit out Wednesday practices before ramping up his workload on Thursday and Friday.
Wide receiver Jermaine Kearse (shoulder) was also limited. Cornerback Juston Burris (concussion) missed practice Thursday and is unlikely to play Sunday against the Chiefs. AFTER BACKING out of a contract agreement with former Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano this past weekend — a move that drew the ire of many in college football — Tennessee is running out of options to run its program.
At this point, the job is toxic. The Vols athletic department has reportedly spoken to at least four current head coaches about the vacancy — Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy, Duke’s David Cutcliffe, Purdue’s Jeff Brohm and N.C. State’s Dave Doeren. All four turned down the opportunity. Now Tennessee has reportedly turned its sights to Kevin Sumlin, who was just fired by Texas A&M.
Enter Jets defensive coordinator Kacy Rodgers. The Daily News first reported earlier this month that Tennessee expressed interest in Rodgers to be its next head coach, after the university sacked Butch Jones on Nov. 13, and speculation is only growing as the Vols continue to strike out with prospective coaching candidates.
Rodgers did little Thursday in Florham Park to dispel any rumors, as the Jets prepare to face the Chiefs at home Sunday. When asked if the Daily News report was in fact true, Rodgers replied, “I have no idea, in all honesty. I have no idea. I’ve been concentrating on Kansas City.” Not a yes. Also not a no. Rodgers tried to avoid comment earlier in his press conference, when asked directly if Tennessee has approached him about its head-coaching vacancy.
“I really don’t want to talk about Tennessee, with all due respect,” he answered.
Rodgers was born in Humboldt, Tennessee. He attended Humboldt High School before playing four seasons at linebacker and defensive end for the Vols from 1988 to 1991. He earned an All-SEC honorable mention, won two conference championships and played in the 1990 Cotton Bowl, the 1991 Sugar Bowl and the 1992 Fiesta Bowl.
On Thursday, Rodgers wouldn’t address if he has interest in the job. He claims he hasn’t spoken with his agent about Tennessee’s opening.
“It’s my alma mater,” Rodgers said. “(But) right now I’m interested in Kansas City.”
Rodgers spent the first eight years of his coaching career in the college ranks. He served as the defensive line coach for University of Tennessee-Martin of the FCS from 1994 to 1997 before working the same job for Northeast Louisiana in 1998. He then coached the defensive line at Middle Tennessee State from 1999 to 2001. In 2002, he garnered his lone SEC coaching experience as the defensive line coach at Arkansas.
“That’s his alma mater,” Todd Bowles said of the Tennessee rumors. “He hasn’t told me anything, so if they are (interested) and he tells me something, I’ll listen. But he hasn’t told me anything yet. That’s about all I can say about it.”
Bowles and Rodgers first crossed paths in 2005 in Dallas. Bowles was the Cowboys’ secondary coach, and Rodgers was the defensive line coach. They both worked those jobs for three seasons, until 2007. Rodgers and Bowles then took the same positions with the Dolphins and spent another four seasons coaching together in Miami. Rodgers stayed with the Dolphins until 2014, before joining Bowles’ Jets staff as the defensive coordinator in 2015. Bowles bounced around to the Eagles and Cardinals before landing with Gang Green.
Bowles said Rodgers is one of the most “underrated” coaches at One Jets Drive.
“I don’t know where I’d be without him. A highly intelligent football coach, very detailed,” Bowles said of Rodgers, who’s called the defensive plays in most of the games this season for the Jets. “Very intelligent, sees things on the field all the time, gets the game plan together, understands the guys, what they can and can’t do. …I wouldn’t be able to function without him.”