Wink Martindale is near returning to New York.
Sooner or later after the Jets fired a handful of defensive place coaches, Martindale is scheduled for an in-person interview to fill the coordinator emptiness, The Put up confirmed.
He’s one in all eight coaches who was beforehand introduced as a part of the preliminary spherical of interviews.
League sources informed The Put up that head coach Aaron Glenn has had Martindale on the high of his listing from the beginning of the method and that Martindale sees potential to make a huge impact with the Jets. Each Martindale and Glenn consider in taking part in attack-minded protection, which could possibly be the treatment for the Jets’ mind-boggling stat of ending this season with zero interceptions.
Giants followers hoping that Martindale may return to their group — the place his two-year tenure included a 2022 playoff berth, a 2023 season main the NFL in takeaways and in the end behind-the-scenes fireworks with then-head coach Brian Daboll — due to his previous time working beneath new head coach John Harbaugh in Baltimore have been by no means going to get that dream completed due to the abrupt approach issues ended.
Jets followers hoping that one in all their former gamers, Broncos assistant head coach Jim Leonhard, would land the job may need to carry their breath. In fact, Leonhard is making ready for the AFC Championship recreation proper now and can’t be employed, whereas Martindale is on the market as a result of he was not retained as Michigan defensive coordinator after the workers changeover following the Sherrone Moore scandal.
Leonhard is taken into account a robust candidate to be the defensive coordinator on Harbaugh’s workers, so the Giants may have an ex-Jet calling performs and the Jets may have an ex-Giants coordinator calling performs.
There can be issues that Glenn — who chased out Aaron Rodgers — and Martindale are each alphas, however Martindale shouldn’t be chasing a head coach job like he was earlier this decade.
SNY was first to report Martindale’s in-person interview.
The Jets parted methods Friday with quarterbacks coach Charles London, offensive cross recreation coordinator Scott Turner, line of defense coach Eric Washington, linebackers coach Aaron Curry, assistant defensive backs coach Dre Bly, and defensive assistants Roosevelt Williams and Alonso Escalante.
It is not uncommon for a brand new defensive coordinator to need his personal place coaches.
