2008 New York Jets season
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The 2008 New York Jets season was the franchise's 39th season in the National Football League (NFL), the 49th season overall, and the third and final under head coach Eric Mangini. The team succeeded in improving upon their 4–12 record from 2007, but did not make the playoffs for the second straight season.
Thomas Jones scores against the St. Louis Rams, November 9, 2008
Brett Favre and the Jets in their preseason matchup against the Washington Redskins, August 16
Coin toss before the Rams-Jets game
Joe R. Campa and Brett Favre before the game
Eric Mangini
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Eric Anthony Mangini is a former American football coach and current television sports analyst. Mangini is a former head coach, having served as the coach of the New York Jets from 2006 until 2008 and the Cleveland Browns in 2009 and 2010. After departing Cleveland, Mangini became an NFL analyst for ESPN. He returned to coaching with the San Francisco 49ers, starting in 2013 as the team's tight ends coach before being promoted to defensive coordinator in 2015, only to be fired in 2016 by new head coach Chip Kelly. Mangini then became an analyst for Fox Sports 1.
Mangini in 2012
Mangini (far right) with Leslie Frazier, Bill Cowher and Ben Kotwica in 2012.