Bron – Lions’ Tanner Engstrand take over as Jets OC

Florham Park, NJ – If he is back with the New York Jets in 2025, Aaron Rodgers‘New offensive coordinator will be first Detroit Lions Assistant Tanner Engstrand.

Engstrand, 42, agreed with the jets on Friday, a source confirmed to ESPN. He is familiar with the newly hired coach Aaron Glenn, because they spent the past four seasons together on the staff of Dan Campbell. Engstrand was the passing game coordinator for an attack that scored a competition-high 564 points in 2024.

FOX Sports and Houston’s KPRC reported the agreement for the first time.

Again, the jets go into the season with a first head coach and a first time playcaller on attack. They did the same in 2021 with Robert Saleh and Mike Lafleur, who was expressed after two seasons.

Engstrand enters a historically unstable job that currently has a historically great Quarterback.

He will be the 11th Play Caller of the Jets in the last 15 years, probably one of the reasons why they have the 32nd ranking attack during that period.

Rodgers, 41, is undecided whether he should play a 21st season. Similarly, the jets did not say whether they want to continue with the future Hall of Famer, whose performance of 2024 was uneven. Glenn said in his introductory news conference Monday, Rodgers said, just like every player on the Roster.

The four -fold MVP has only had four play callers in his career: Mike McCarthy and Matt Lafleur with the Green Bay Packers And Nathaniel Hackett and Todd Downing with the Jets. Downing took over last season when Hackett was relegated in week 6.

The defensive Glenn will lean heavily on Engstrand while mapping a course for the attack, which ended 24th in scoring this season.

Also on Friday the Jets Chris Harris hired as Pass Game Coordinator and Defensive Backs Coach, a source told Adam Schefter of ESPN. Harris spent the past two seasons in a similar role with the Tennessee Titans and had interviewed the position of the defensive coordinator of Jets.

And the jets announced the hiring of Chris Banjo as their special team coordinator. Banjo, 34, who replaces Brant Boyer, spent the past two seasons as a special team assistant for the Denver Broncos After a 10-year play career.

Engstrand was considered a possible replacement for former lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson, who left for the Chicago Bears‘Head coach, but he was passed when Campbell chose to go outside the organization to hire John Morton from the Broncos.

Engstrand is a disciple of Jim Harbaugh, who worked under Harbaugh at the University of San Diego and MICHIGAN. Engstrand has mentioned plays at the university level (San Diego) and in the XFL (DC defenders), but has no NFL playing experience experience. He has a distant connection with new Jets General Manager Darren Mougey, who were both Quarterbacks at San Diego State In 2004.

The resident of San Diego spent his next 13 years as an assistant at USD before he followed Harbaugh to Michigan. In 2020 he landed with the Lions as an attacking assistant under coach Matt Patricia, who was fired that year. Engstrand was preserved by Campbell in 2021, starting as the coach Tight Ends and eventually promoted to passing game coordinator.

Engstrand inherits an attack with two talented broad recipients Garrett Wilson And Davante AdamsAlthough there is a chance that Adams will be released in a salary-cap-related movement. He also gets a versatile running back in Breece Hall And four recurring starters on the offensive line.

The big question is the uncertainty at Quarterback, one of the reasons why their top coordinator is target – Los Angeles Rams The passing of game coordinator Nick Cailey – reportedly refused an interview.

If Rodgers does not return, the jets will probably add a quarterback. The best Quarterbacks Under Contract are back -up Tyrod Taylor35 and 2024 Fifth round pick Jordan TravisThey missed his smoking year due to a college injury.