The Jets may have found their defensive coordinator.
The team is finalizing a deal with former Browns defensive coordinator and interim head coach Gregg Williams to become their defensive coordinator, ESPN's Adam Schefter reported.
The news comes a day after the Jets introduced Adam Gase as their head coach, but according to Schefter, Williams was the Jets' primary defensive coordinator target no matter who the head coach was.
NFL Network's Ian Rappoport reported Friday that the Jets were "on the verge" of hiring Williams.
Williams is known as an aggressive defensive playcaller who likes to keep quarterbacks and offenses off-balance with his exotic blitz packages.
Williams has overseen seven top-10 defenses in his career and was defensive coordinator when the Saints won the Super Bowl in February 2010.
He later was suspended by the NFL for orchestrating a bounty program during his three years with the Saints in which players received cash for knocking opposing players out of games.
Williams has been a defensive coordinator for six teams: the Titans, Redskins, Saints, Jaguars, Rams and, most recently, the Browns.
He began the 2018 season as Cleveland's defensive coordinator, ended it as the interim head coach and went 5-3 after taking over for Hue Jackson. The Browns fired Williams earlier this week after naming offensive coordinator Freddie Kitchens their head coach.
