CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jets coach Robert Saleh admits he started excited about the Week 1 matchup with the 49ers as quickly because the schedule was launched in Might.
However he isn’t fairly prepared to begin speaking to the staff about that recreation.
Saleh mentioned he has launched a couple of ideas for the 49ers recreation in apply, however he gained’t actually begin specializing in them till coaching camp is over.
“We slip them in,” Saleh mentioned of 49ers performs. “We wish our gamers specializing in strategies and fundamentals, we’ll slip them into group set up, and walk-throughs right here and there.
“Offense would possibly go in opposition to a pair seems, protection play a pair seems, nevertheless it’s all simply getting it on tape simply to see what we appear to be. However so far as really introducing it to the gamers, that gained’t occur till the 53 [-man roster] is about.”
There’s a raging debate about how a lot starters ought to play within the preseason. Saleh has clearly fallen on the facet of not taking part in them a lot, if in any respect. He defined why this week.
“Again within the day, when there was three or 4 preseason video games, you performed 1 / 4, then you definately performed a second quarter, then you definately introduced your guys out for the third quarter. That’s not the case anymore,” Saleh mentioned.
“Now it’s a matter of actually trying your self within the mirror as a training employees, and are you simply attempting to examine containers to say, ‘OK, I performed my guys for a collection,’ or is it really going to assist us carry out at our greatest in Week 1’?
“And so, simply going by that analysis course of — like I mentioned, we’ve received one other inter-squad scrimmage subsequent week versus the Giants — we’re getting loads of reps, loads of high quality reps, and simply trying on the general physique of labor all through coaching camp whether or not or not our guys want that additional work, we’ll make that call relating to it.”
