Editing Herm Edwards (section)

===New York Jets ===
In his five years as the Jets head coach, Edwards compiled a {{nowrap|39–41}} regular season record, including a {{nowrap|5–15}} stretch during his final twenty regular season games with the club, and a {{nowrap|2–3}} record in the playoffs. Edwards decided to run a 4–3 "Cover 2" defense. Although many fans and players questioned Edwards' decisions, the Jets had mild success in Edwards' first two seasons, reaching the playoffs in both. The Jets were the sixth seed in [[2001 New York Jets season|2001]], losing on the road in the first round to the [[2001 Oakland Raiders season|Oakland Raiders]] {{nowrap|38–24}}. In [[2002 New York Jets season|2002]], the Jets squeaked into the playoffs with a {{nowrap|9–7}} record, due to winning the tie-breakers in a three-way tie for the [[AFC East]] Division lead with the [[2002 New England Patriots season|New England Patriots]] and the [[2002 Miami Dolphins season|Miami Dolphins]]. The Jets advanced through the Wildcard round this time, which led to a return trip to Oakland. Once again, Edwards and the Jets came up short, losing {{nowrap|30–10}} to the [[2002 Oakland Raiders season|Raiders]]. Following a disappointing {{nowrap|6–10}} season in [[2003 New York Jets season|2003]], the Jets reached the divisional round of the AFC playoffs once more in [[2004 New York Jets season|2004]], where they lost to the [[2004 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh Steelers]] {{nowrap|20–17.}} In [[2005 New York Jets season|2005]], a year marred by injuries, inconsistent play, lack of player development, and rumors swirling about Edwards possibly leaving the organization, Edwards led the Jets to a woeful {{nowrap|4–12}} record. Following the end of the season, the Jets made the highly unusual move of trading a coach—Edwards—to another team (the [[2006 Kansas City Chiefs season|Kansas City Chiefs]]), in exchange for a player to be chosen in round four of the [[2006 NFL draft|2006 draft]]. Overall, Edwards' tenure as head coach of the Jets was marred by chronic clock management problems, an ultra-conservative "play not to lose" mentality, and a lack of any discernible defensive philosophy, despite Edwards' supposed expertise in the Cover 2 defense.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/herm-jet-lagged-takes-blame-new-spin-collapse-article-1.565373 | work=New York Daily News | title=Herm Jet-Lagged Takes Blame In New Spin On Collapse | date=November 16, 2004 | url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202050148/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/herm-jet-lagged-takes-blame-new-spin-collapse-article-1.565373 | archive-date=February 2, 2017 | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scout.com/nfl/chiefs/story/644249-herm-edwards-a-head-coach?s=115 |title=Herm Edwards: A Head Coach?|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202105840/http://www.scout.com/nfl/chiefs/story/644249-herm-edwards-a-head-coach?s=115|archive-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref> The Jets replaced Edwards by hiring [[Eric Mangini]], a senior assistant coach with the New England Patriots.

====Departure from New York====
Following the [[2005 Kansas City Chiefs season|2005 season]], Chiefs president [[Carl Peterson]] hinted to the press about interest in hiring Edwards that could have been considered [[Tampering (sport)|tampering]]. The Jets granted permission to the Chiefs to speak with Edwards.<ref name="permission">{{cite web |url=http://www.kcchiefs.com/news/2006/01/06/chiefs_given_permission_to_talk_to_herm_edwards2/ |title=Chiefs given permission to talk to Herm Edwards |publisher=Kansas City Chiefs |access-date=July 9, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060510122419/http://kcchiefs.com/news/2006/01/06/chiefs_given_permission_to_talk_to_herm_edwards2/ |archive-date=May 10, 2006 }}</ref> At the time, Edwards had two years remaining on his contract with the Jets. However, Peterson wanted Edwards (a longtime personal acquaintance) to succeed head coach [[Dick Vermeil]], who was Edwards' coach on the Eagles and had just retired.

As the rumors started swirling, a war of words between the two teams began to start up in the media. In the midst of all the speculation, Edwards tried to use what leverage he thought he had with the Jets to get a contract extension and hefty pay raise from the Jets, which only served to further anger the club's owner. Eventually, the two teams worked out a deal, and the Chiefs sent the [[New York Jets|Jets]] a fourth-round pick in the [[2006 NFL draft]] as compensation (the Jets later used this selection to take [[Leon Washington]]).<ref name="Edwards named">{{cite web |url=http://www.kcchiefs.com/news/2006/01/09/herm_edwards_named_the_10th_head_coach_in_kansas_city_chiefs_history2/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111201410/http://www.kcchiefs.com/news/2006/01/09/herm_edwards_named_the_10th_head_coach_in_kansas_city_chiefs_history2/|archive-date=January 11, 2009
|title=Herm Edwards named the 10th head coach in Kansas City Chiefs history|publisher=Kansas City Chiefs |access-date=July 9, 2008}}</ref>