THREAD: 1) As I reported last night on GameDay Final, Raiders coaches & players weren't surprised that (since fired) Jets DC Gregg Williams dialed up an all-out blitz with the game on the line, & QB Derek Carr checked to a 7-man protection that had TE Darren Waller chip a DE...

2) One person who was caught off guard: Jets HC Adam Gase, who never imagined his DC would make a call leaving the back end so vulnerable with the Raiders so far from the end zone and without a timeout...

3) Gase was in a discussion with another coach when he heard "Zero" over his headset--indicating a Cover-Zero scheme without a safety--and was shocked. As he turned to the field to react, the Raiders were snapping the ball...

4) Theoretically, linebacker Neville Hewitt, the Jets' defensive signal-caller, could have checked out of the defense (specifically, in reaction to Carr's check changing the protection), but the player decided against making that executive decision...

5) Afterward, Hewitt was beating himself up for not having checked to a Cover-Two defense... but no one was blaming the player. And with the firing of Williams this morning, it's clear who the Jets' Powers That Be felt was responsible.