This is not to say Robert Saleh will be fired, or should be. But this is the NFL. When a team collapses like the Jets have, no one should feel safe. Heads tend to roll in these situations. Especially when a better option may be available. And one the owner has lusted for in the past.
Jim Harbaugh is apparently chomping at the bit to go back to the NFL. The Athletic reports those close to Harbaugh believe he will leave Ann Arbor if someone offers him a job. Even after consecutive Big Ten titles and a vow to close the door on the NFL last year.