It was strange at the time, when the Jets fired Bowles immediately following the end of the 2018 season, that New York kept Maccagnan on as general manager. But after Maccagnan oversaw the hiring of new coach Adam Gase, spent over $120 million in free agency on big-ticket players like Le'Veon Bell and C.J. Mosley and led the Jets' draft room as they selected Quinnen Williams at No. 3 overall, it appeared that New York was diving confidently headfirst into a Maccagnan-Gase union.