Where there's smoke, there tends to be fire, and there seems to be some smoke billowing from the idea that Detriot Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson

It would be a role reversal from 2009 through 2011, when Schottenheimer served as offensive coordinator with the Jets under Ryan. The pairing worked. They ended up in back-to-back AFC Championships with Schottenheimer running the offense and Ryan running the show.

The bottom officially dropped out for Rex in 2014. The Jets finished with their worst record during the Ryan era at 4-12, capped by a humiliating 48-3 loss to the Buffalo Bills in a game that was relocated to Detroit’s Ford Field due to a major winter storm that crippled the city of Buffalo.

The New York Jets and Aaron Glenn agreed to terms on making the Detroit Lions defensive coordinator their head coach on Wednesday, according to a person with knowledge of the hiring.

Aaron Glenn, who oversaw the Detroit Lions defense the last four years, beat out 15 other candidates for the New York Jets head coaching job.

The New York Jets have found their new head coach in Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn, according to multiple reports on Wednesday.

And they ended up choosing one of their former players — a first-round draft pick in 1994 who was mentored by Bill Parcells, became one of the Jets’ best playmakers and developed into a well-respected and highly sought coach.