Despite bad year, Gailey should remain part of the Gang

WITH TODD Bowles and Mike Maccagnan looking safe, the quest for blood after this Jets season is going to turn to coordinators.

Firing defensive coordinator Kacy Rodgers would be cosmetic since Bowles runs the defense. Firing special teams coordinator Brant Boyer would be justified but won’t impress those looking for a sacrifice.

That leaves offensive coordinator Chan Gailey.

There is no denying Gailey has had a bad year, but I would not fire him. The main reason why is the Jets have invested in two young quarterbacks — Bryce Petty and Christian Hacken- berg — they have acknowledged are works in progress. To fire Gailey and bring in a new offensive system would be to tear down most of the work the organization has already done with them.

It is easy to isolate play calls of Gailey or series that made no sense, but you can do that with basically any offensive coordinator. The Jets hired Gailey because they liked his work with quarterbacks. I don’t think Ryan Fitzpatrick’s 15 interceptions are all Gailey’s fault. Let him have more time with Petty and Hackenberg to see if one of them can develop into a starter.

The Jets think Hackenberg is enough of a project that they have given him a total redshirt season, not wanting to even have him suit up for a game. Making him start over with a new coordinator would be two steps backward and done just to throw a man overboard to the sharks.

If Bowles deserves to stay, so does Gailey.