It is never too late to return home.
The chief coach of the San Francisco 49ers, Kyle Shanahan, is welcoming the defensive coordinator of the 49ers, Robert Saleh, to the same role, according to the NFL media. Saleh served as the original defensive coordinator of Shanahan’s 49ers for four seasons from 2017 to 2020, a period that included San Francisco Living Super Bowl Liv in the 2019 season, before becoming the New York Jets chief coach Jets In 2021.
Saleh was in the mixture of chief coach vacancies with the Dallas Cowboys – It was his first interview in person – And he met with the Jacksonville Jaguars also. However, with Jacksonville Hiring of the offensive coordinator of Tampa Bay Buccaneers Liam Coen after Fairing General Manager Trent Baalke on WednesdaySaleh chose to return to the place where he released his career as a NFL chief coach instead of waiting for the official announcement that the Jaguars would be hiring Coen.
Saleh was 20-36 in just under four seasons as a coach of the Jets after his dismissal of week 5 in 2024. However, his defense was never really the problem in New York. After having the worst defense of the League in 2021, Saleh’s squads were total defenses of the five main ones in each of their last three seasons.
The Jets selected Zach Wilson secondly in the NFL 2021 Draft out of Byu, but never left. That is why the team changed to an 40 -year -old Aaron Rodgers, from the Green Bay Packers in 2023. Achilles broke in week 1 that season, and then the team collapsed offensively in the first full season of Rodgers playing with the jets in 2024.
New York actually had a defense among the top five in almost all key metrics in 2024 before Saleh’s dismissal, but then the unit collapsed after its departure.
Points per game allowed |
17.0 (5) |
26.6 (28) |
Total yards per game allowed |
255.8 (2nd) |
337.9 (18) |
Captillas |
18 (4th) |
25 (T-25) |
QB pressure percentage |
39.8% (5) |
36.6% (8th) |
Allowing percentage allowed |
59% (3rd) |
64.6% (13) |
Allowed pin qualification | 73.1 (4th) | 94.8 (20) |
After a 2024 season full of injuries in which the 49ers were the NFL number 29 score defense (25.6 points per game allowed), they have returned to the right on the ship in 2025.