The Jets have put an end to a drawn-out defensive coordinator search. They’re hiring former Dolphins pass game coordinator Brian Duker, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network.
The 36-year-old Duker was not publicly on the radar for the Jets’ job until they held a virtual interview with him on Tuesday. He’ll now reunite with head coach Aaron Glenn, whom he teamed with in Detroit from 2021-23. Glenn was the Lions’ defensive coordinator then, while Duker served as a defensive assistant, safeties coach and defensive backs coach.
After helping develop Lions safeties Kerby Joseph and Brian Branch, Duker left for Miami. He spent two years with the Dolphins, but with new head coach Jeff Hafley and his staff coming in, Duker will exit to take on a bigger role with a different AFC East team in 2026.
More to come…
Pass game coordinator to DC? Jets gonna Jets. Maybe they’ll draft another FB in the 1st round again.
Matt Snell was an excellent player for them, who should have been MVP of SB III. The Jets were actually gonna put him at linebacker, but his coach at Ohio State, Woody Hayes, insisted to HC Weeb Ewbank that he would be a great fullback and he was. Snell did it all, and would have had more stats had he not had the bad knee injury in 1967.
As long as they don’t draft a QB in round 1 because that’s where QB’s go to die. At least Darnold survived that dumpster fire but he was on life support for awhile with the jets
The bad get worse
I’m looking forward to the Duke Nukem memes.
Makes more sense to reunite Glenn with someone who’s actually coached under him before than it did to pair him with Wilks, who was known for running a very different system.