“We have 100 percent confidence and support in Brick, and that includes the coaching staff,” New York linebacker and team captain CJ Mosley said. “So I mean, at the end of the day, our goal remains the same, so that’s how we have to approach it because this is a business.”

With the Jets at 2-3 after a 23-17 loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Oct. 6, the former Theodore High School star and Alabama All-American said he was “pretty shocked” by Saleh’s firing the next day . Mosley missed that game and a 10–9 loss to the Denver Broncos on September 29 due to a toe injury.

“You get the news and you think about it, the only thing I think is: how could I have done better?” Mosley said. “I missed the last two games, which were in my head. So I always think about, what can I do to make things right or could it have been better? He’s the reason we’re in this position today, man. You know, most of this team comes from his choice and what he saw and what he believed in the players that we have on this team, some household names that will hopefully keep this Jets organization going for a long time. . So a lot of praise goes to coach Saleh.

“He didn’t have to take a second chance coming back to the Jets when he got here, but he did. And he challenged me to be a great linebacker on his defense, because at one point he told me he wasn’t sure if I could fit into his defense because of my playing style with the Ravens, and things like that. He challenged me that day, and every day I came here for work, I wanted to be one of the best linebackers in this system. So a lot of the things he’s done, the stories he told about tough losses and the big wins we’ve had together, it’s built us, it’s shaped his mentality of his team, so we definitely have to keep it going.

Mosley said Saleh’s resignation should be “a wake-up call and an eye-opener for a lot of people.”

“Ultimately, as I said, we all have to take some responsibility for how we don’t let anything stop us from achieving our goal,” Mosley said, “but we also have to make sure that something like this doesn’t happen again.” .”

Ulbrich served as New York’s defensive coordinator in 2021. In 2022, the Jets yielded the fourth-fewest yards in the NFL. In 2023 they came third and this year they are second.

“He’s an ultimate competitor,” Mosley said of Ulbrich. “Working with him every day and going through the battles we’ve been through over the last four years, I know what drives him. I know his story. I know why. I know his family. So when you know someone so well, you naturally want to perform your best for them and do things that make them proud. So he’s just one of those coaches that brings that out of you every day. Even when you’re tired, even when he’s tired, every day he finds a way to motivate our defensive staff and our defensive room.