The Lions on Saturday fired coach Matt Patricia, who this season had won only four games in 11 tries, which is four more than Jets coach Adam Gase has won in the same number of games.
Last month, the Texans fired Bill O’Brien, who had five winning records in his previous six full seasons there.
So stuff happens in the NFL, where most coach firings occur after the season but some do not wait that long.
That is why many Jets fans have called for the head of their head coach, who has both failed to win games and failed to develop young quarterback Sam Darnold during their two years together.