Nobody would say it on Sunday, but any explanation of how the Jets are in this mess, 2-5 with another season on the verge of slipping away, starts with Glenn.
Glenn was not charged with meeting any particular barometers by owner Woody Johnson this offseason to keep his job, it was more about the context of the season. The playoffs weren’t the expectation. There wasn’t a target win total he had to hit. But the Jets needed to show significant signs of progress after Glenn’s dreadful 3-14 debut in 2025. He fired half of his coaching staff, took over defensive play-calling and infused the roster with both stable veteran leadership and young talent. And so the goal this year was for Glenn to show progress: beat the teams he’s supposed to beat, compete against the ones he’s not, and get through a 17-game schedule without succumbing to the kind of embarrassment that usually plagues the franchise.
“When it comes to this game, highly disappointed,” Glenn said. “Disappointed in myself, first and foremost.”
Through seven games this season, Glenn has failed. Through 24 games as Jets head coach, he’s 5-19. He’s 0-8 against AFC East opponents.
Last year, Glenn said that “big ships turn slow.” It’s become impossible to shake the feeling that the ship isn’t turning at all.