NEW YORK -- The Jets on Wednesday hired Jeremy Bates to be their quarterbacks coach, filling the final remaining position coach vacancy on their staff.
The hire sits just fine with wide receiver Brandon Marshall, who knows Bates well.
"I think he's an excellent coach from my experience with him," Marshall told NJ Advance Media on Tuesday, before Bates was officially hired. "I love him to death. He knows the game. He knows football. He doesn't just know Xs and Os. He knows football."
Bates has been out of coaching for the past four seasons.