Shortly after being fired by the New York Jets, Robert Saleh is joining the Green Bay Packers — not as a coach or offensive or defensive coordinator, but as an offensive assistant in a “fluid” role. Saleh has been the Jets’ head coach since 2021, and previously was a defensive backs coach for several years.
He rose to prominence as the defensive coordinator of the San Francisco 49ers from 2017 to 2020, and in that time made the Niners one of the most feared defenses in the NFL. Sports personality and former NFL player Pat McAfee said on his ESPN show that if the Packers were to win the Super Bowl championship this season, it would be history, considering Saleh’s previous relationship with the coach Packers head coach Matt LaFleur. The two were graduate assistants at Central Michigan University in 2004 and were also roommates, and four years later Saleh hired Gary Kubiak, who was then the head coach of the Houston Texans, hired LaFleur as an offensive assistant. . The Packers should have at least a chance to reach the Super Bowl this season, and after some initial hesitation, they are now 5-2 and threaten the Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions, who are both. 5-1.
Meanwhile, the Jets are languishing at 2-5, and even though they traded for star wide receiver Davante Adams last week, their playoff chances are in serious jeopardy.
