The Jets Failed To Clean House
Photo: Rich Schultz (Getty) Todd Bowles was doomed. That much was clear seven weeks ago, after a 41-10 home loss to the Bills, who were starting a fourth-string quarterback in another lost season of their own. The question for the Jets on this Black Monday is why general manager Mike Maccagnan got a reprieve. Across four seasons, Bowles’s shortcomings were well-documented: an aversion to modern-era aggressiveness, untimely penalties, poor clock management, a too-frequent inability to close out close games. Bowles’s stoic public demeanor also often gave fans the false impression that he cared...
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