Robert Saleh will miss the New York Jets' Week 16 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars after testing positive for COVID-19.

"We're proceeding as if I won't coach on Sunday," Saleh said Friday on a Zoom call with reporters. "If I do come up with two negatives, it would be an easy adjustment. But we're operating as if I will not be there Sunday."

Tight ends coach Ron Middleton, a former NFL player and longtime assistant who hasn't been a head coach on any level, is poised to step in after being named the interim coach Wednesday.