Former Tennessee Titans offensive line coach Keith Carter has found a new home with the New York Jets.
The team announced on Thursday it is hiring former Denver Broncos head coach Nathaniel Hackett as their new offensive coordinator, and he’ll be bringing Carter with him.
The former Titans coach will take over the Jets’ offensive line coach and run-game coordinator roles, the latter of which is a new one for Carter.
The 40-year-old has mostly worked with the offensive line and tight ends during his coaching career, but he was the running backs coach with the Atlanta Falcons in 2017.
We've hired Keith Carter as our offensive line coach and run game coordinator.
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— New York Jets (@nyjets) January 26, 2023
After finishing top 10 in sacks allowed in Carter’s first two seasons, including a 2019 campaign that saw the group upfront surrender the third-most with 56, the Titans’ offensive line rebounded nicely in 2020, giving up 25, tied for the sixth-fewest in the league.
Unfortunately for Carter and the Titans, that was one of the last bright spots of his tenure as the offensive line coach in Nashville.
Tennessee would go on to give up the seventh-most sacks in 2021 (47) and then the Titans were tied for the fifth-most sacks allowed in 2022 (49).
While none of that is a good look for Carter, it is important to note that the Titans have been unbelievably banged-up upfront during that span, and former GM Jon Robinson didn’t do a good job bringing in enough talent.
Making matters worse, the team completely whiffed on Isaiah Wilson and is on the cusp of striking out with Dillon Radunz, a pair of early-round picks from the 2020 and 2021 NFL drafts, respectively.
Carter certainly wasn’t innocent in the overall struggles, though, and there was more than one occasion he wasn’t painted in a positive light. You can check out those two stories below.
