Back to the New York Jets Newsfeed

Just Like That, Jeremy Bates is Most Important Person at 1 Jets Drive

When all of the pre-draft dust settled, Mike Maccagnan’s masterstroke trade with the Indianapolis Colts on St. Patrick’s day allowed him to select the consensus top quarterback in the NFL draft in Sam Darnold.

Now it’s time for the most important person in the building at 1 Jets Drive to get to work, and it’s not the signal caller from USC, but the man tasked with helping Darnold transition to the NFL and make sure the Jets finally develop a franchise quarterback in offensive coordinator Jeremy Bates.

Bates has held the title of offensive coordinator just one time over the course of his NFL career with the Seahawks in 2010.