Adam Gase is innovative, an offensive genius. Peyton Manning loves Gase and has recommended him to various franchises around the league, most recently the Browns, who passed in favor of Freddie Kitchens.
Gase is — or should be — the best thing for Sam Darnold.
Whether he is the best thing for the Jets is another matter entirely.
No one can say with any certainty whether Gase will be more than a quarterback whisperer and be better the second time — well, Bill Belichick was, right? — after sinking with the division-rival Dolphins.
It is a red flag that he could not get along with wide receiver Jarvis Landry, and it is an even redder flag that he reportedly became power crazy enough to bark at owner Stephen Ross.