The Jets’ latest loss left Aaron Glenn answering for a defense that never found its footing in the first half and a team that slipped to 2-5 after a 28-25 defeat at home to a Dolphins squad that came in winless.
Glenn, who calls the defensive plays, took the blame for what happened early. He said he was “disappointed in myself first and foremost” after Miami built a 21-7 halftime cushion and put the Jets in chase mode. New York did show some fight after the break, trimming the gap to four points in the fourth quarter, but the rally died when the defense allowed a 63-yard touchdown and then couldn’t get off the field on a late fourth down that finished the game off for the visitors.
Even with the result, Glenn leaned on the second-half response as proof the Jets are still moving the right way.
“I would say yes. The reason why I would say that is cause there’s no quit in these guys,” Glenn said at his press conference.
“I know what the record is, I do, but I know what I feel about these players and how hard these players play. Come out the second half, it was probably doom and gloom from everything outside of it.
But inside this locker room, the guys were ready to go and I think they showed up. I know that we’re not where we need to be, but I totally believe that we’re on the right track.”
He added that it’s only been seven games and that the Jets still have “a number of games left and that’s how we look at it.”
The bigger picture, though, is grim. The Jets are 5-20 since Glenn took over as head coach, and there’s still no clear sign of the steadiness and clean execution needed to turn that into a sustained winner. Whether Sunday’s loss to the 0-5 Dolphins becomes a tipping point for his tenure now sits with owner Woody Johnson.
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