Jets’ Super Bowl odds come crashing down after Robert Saleh gets axed

· New York Post

The chaos which has enveloped the New York Jets hit a fever pitch on Tuesday when they fired head coach Robert Saleh after just five games, and oddsmakers have reacted in an unprecedented way.

After opening at 30/1 back in May, the Jets’ chances of winning the Super Bowl cratered after significant betting interest forced oddsmakers at DraftKings to move them to 19/1 preseason.

After the Jets’ impressive 2-1 start and dismantling of the Patriots, New York then moved to 14/1, near the top of the league in betting odds, to hoist the Lombardi Trophy.

DraftKings defended this aggressive outlook on the Jets at the time.

“We had the Jets at +1900 to win the Super Bowl heading into Week 1 and have made adjustments following their performance early on this season,” Johnny Avello, DraftKings’ Director of Sports Operations, told The Post after Week 3. “Since the 2024/25 Super Bowl market opened, we have seen significant interest on them and believe this is a fair price at the moment.”

At the time, no other sportsbooks were lower than 18/1, with at least one offering the Jets at 20/1, but as the week progressed, DraftKings was vindicated on its pricing, as those prices plummeted to the 14/1 range that DraftKings projected.

Robert Saleh, head coach of the New York Jets, is seen before playing the San Francisco 49ers. Getty Images

More drama has surrounded the Jets’ Super Bowl odds market as the negativity hits a crescendo.

Since the Jets’ two consecutive losses and the firing of their coach, oddsmakers at DraftKings have moved them to an obscene 30/1 figure.

Caesars is also in on chaos, dropping the Jets even further down to 40/1 to win the Super Bowl; quite the fall from grace after trading near 17/1 or lower just 14 days ago.

Rarely do you see this move from sportsbooks without a major injury occurring.

Jets head coach Robert Saleh talks to reporters. AP

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Dysfunction is the word surrounding the Jets right now, as offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett appears to have been given a reprieve while Saleh is forced to exit after just five games and being one game out of first place in the AFC East.

Jeff Ulbrich, the Jets’ defensive coordinator, is taking over for New York as the head coach.

The Jets head into a critical “Monday Night Football” matchup in complete disarray and as 2.5-point underdogs, according to FanDuel.