Saleh was 20-36 as coach of the Jets, who are trying to snap the NFL's longest active playoff drought at 13 seasons. The move marks the first time in Johnson's 25-year tenure that a head coach has been fired during the season.

Defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich will be the interim coach. On a conference call Tuesday, Johnson said this Jets team was the most talented he’s ever seen assembled in New York, and he fired Saleh to give the team the best opportunity to win.

"My understanding is that Robert Saleh was fired this morning and then escorted out of the building by team security. There was no meeting with players to inform them or anything like that. He was in the building for work, and then he was out of the building and out of a job," Schultz's post reads.