FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- For three games, Adam Gase's job as New York Jets coach was to design game plans without three of his top six skill players. No quarterback Sam Darnold. No tight end Chris Herndon. No wide receiver Quincy Enunwa. The result was a hard-to-watch offense that avoided the end zone as if it were a hazmat area.
Gase was heavily criticized for the failings, much of it unfair because he was handcuffed by the illness and injuries, but now that chapter of the season is over.
Darnold is back, Herndon is back and it's on Gase -- the so-called offensive mastermind -- to put a respectable product on the field.