Jets fire defensive coordinator Steve Wilks after giving up 48 points to Jaguars

After giving up 48 points to the Jacksonville Jaguars successful their latest loss, the New York Jets person fired antiaircraft coordinator Steve Wilks with 3 games remaining connected the 2025 schedule.

The determination comes close aft Trevor Lawrence and the Jaguars’ discourtesy had their mode with the Jets’ defense, which has been 1 of the worst teams successful points allowed this play (28.4 per game).

Jets first-year caput manager Aaron Glenn made the announcement connected Monday contempt antecedently saying helium believed successful Wilks’ scheme. Glenn, coming from a antiaircraft background, made the determination wherever antiaircraft backs manager and passing crippled coordinator Chris Harris volition instrumentality implicit successful Wilks’ absence.

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Steve Wilks, Defensive Coordinator of the New York Jets, successful the preseason crippled against the New York Giants connected Aug. 16, 2025 astatine MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire )

This determination besides comes a week aft the Miami Dolphins enactment up 34 points connected the Jets successful a lopsided loss.

"I felt similar it was the champion determination for the enactment astatine this time," Glenn said, via the New York Post. "I’ve said this each along. I’m evaluating players. I’m evaluating coaches. I’m evaluating myself. I conscionable felt similar this was the champion determination close present for the squad and for this organization."

Wilks has personally had a pugnacious spell successful caller seasons. He hasn’t served much than a twelvemonth with the aforesaid squad since his stint with the Carolina Panthers from 2012-17. He was the caput manager of the Arizona Cardinals successful 2018, but lasted 1 twelvemonth aft a 3-13 record.

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Then, Wilks went connected to go the antiaircraft coordinator for the Cleveland Browns successful 2019, but lasted lone 1 play determination arsenic well. He was retired of shot successful 2020 earlier heading to Missouri to service successful the aforesaid role. Wilks was with the Panthers again successful 2022 earlier joining the San Francisco 49ers connected their mode to the Super Bowl arsenic their antiaircraft coordinator.

It was a astonishing determination to spot the 49ers determination connected aft that 1 play with Wilks, who didn’t manager successful 2024 earlier joining the Jets this season. Once again, he’ll person to look elsewhere if helium wishes to proceed coaching.

All the Jets person near to bash this play is evaluating everything. They were eliminated from the playoffs for the 15th consecutive play — the longest drought successful nonrecreational sports. The nonaccomplishment connected Sunday marked a 3-11 season.

Defensive Coordinator Steve Wilks of the New York Jets looks connected during the NFL 2025 crippled betwixt Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Jets astatine MetLife Stadium connected Sept. 7, 2025 successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Evan Bernstein/Getty Images)

Every subordinate and manager is being evaluated for New York, and the defence has a batch of enactment to do. It doesn’t assistance that stars similar Quinnen Williams (Dallas Cowboys) and Sauce Gardner (Indianapolis Colts) were traded earlier the NFL deadline, but the Jets are connected gait to let the second-most points successful franchise history.

And successful a crippled wherever winning the turnover conflict is key, the Jets person had conscionable 2 takeaways each play long, portion not being capable to haul successful an interception done 14 games. That is presently tied for the longest streak successful the NFL.

The Jaguars scored connected 8 of their archetypal 9 possessions, virtually having their mode with the Jets’ unit.

"I conscionable thought that from past week going to this week that the betterment wasn’t there," Glenn noted. "I thought it was clip to marque a change.

"I privation to spot accordant improvement."

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The Jets volition purpose to bash truthful successful the remaining 3 games to hopefully springiness themselves momentum heading into 2026. It starts with the New Orleans Saints connected Sunday, a 4-10 radical that has disrupted the NFC South part aft wins implicit the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Carolina Panthers successful their past 2 contests.

New York volition decorativeness its play against the New England Patriots and Buffalo Bills, some of which gunning for the AFC East title, wherever the Jets tin perchance play spoiler.

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