FILE – Denver Broncos head coach Nathaniel Hackett looks on before an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022, in Denver. The New York Jets have hired former Denver Broncos coach Nathaniel Hackett as their offensive coordinator. The team announced the hiring Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, of the 43-year-old Hackett, who replaces Mike LaFleur after coach Robert Saleh and the Jets interviewed at least 15 candidates for the vacancy. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey, File)
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It’s safe to say Nathaniel Hackett’s first head coaching job was a fiasco.
After taking the lead job with the Denver Broncos last season, Hackett failed to last the entire season as struggles with quarterback Russell Wilson, and the rest of the roster led to a 4-11 mark.
Less than a season later, Hackett has found a new home in New York with the Jets but the start has been anything but easy. Aaron Rodgers was lost for the season four plays into his debut with Gang Green, leaving Hackett to pick up the pieces and work around the struggles that come with playing a backup quarterback.
Sitting at a disappointing 1-3 to start the 2023 season doesn’t paint the whole picture for Hackett’s offense though. After three weeks of failing to record a 200-yard game, New York’s offense broke out against the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs Sunday night. A career night from backup quarterback Zach Wilson has led to a sliver of hope that the Jets offense can still turn their season around.
“There were some good things. I appreciated the entire offense as a group. We were better on third down but weren’t good enough across the board. We have to be better,” Hackett said following the team’s 23-20 loss to the Chiefs.
In order to do so though, the Jets will need to be even better than they were Sunday in Hackett’s return to Denver this week. The Broncos may have a struggling 1-3 mark, but they still have Russell Wilson in the fold and a…
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