NASHVILLE, Tenn. — To a man, up and down the rows of lockers, the Jets tried to make a case for their coach. One by one they stepped forward and asked that they be the ones held accountable. Player by player they tried to shield their coach from what’s surely coming in a couple of weeks.
“The coaches get the blame,” defensive lineman Leonard Williams said after the Jets lost 26-22 to the Titans at Nissan Stadium to fall to 3-9 on the season. “They’re the ones who are higher up on the chart. But it’s the players who make the mistakes.