The mood inside MetLife Stadium turned ugly early and never really recovered. By the time the Miami Dolphins walked off with a 28-25 win Sunday, Jets fans were already venting about a loss that sent the Dolphins to their first victory of 2026 and dropped New York to 2-5.
Miami came in winless and still found a way to control enough of the game to hold off a late Jets push. The Dolphins jumped ahead by outscoring New York 21-7 in the first half, then survived the fourth-quarter comeback attempt while the home crowd booed the performance throughout the afternoon.
On the surface, Geno Smith gave the Jets enough to win. He finished 23 of 30 for 287 yards and three touchdowns, with one interception that Miami never turned into points. Frank Reich’s offense also did its part in spots, churning out 108 rushing yards on just 21 carries and getting production from young targets Omar Cooper Jr and Mason Taylor, who combined for 10 catches, 177 yards and three touchdowns.
But the defense was the side that let everything unravel. Aaron Glenn and coordinator Brian Duker had no answer as Miami ran for 156 yards, controlled the ball by a margin of 10 minutes, and got two touchdown passes from the inconsistent Malik Willis. The Dolphins also converted all three of their fourth-down attempts, a relentless edge that helped them close out the game.
The sequence that stung the most came just before halftime. With six seconds left in the second quarter, Willis scrambled in for a touchdown, and Glenn still had timeouts in his pocket. Instead of trying to create a final possession for his offense, he let the half end.
That decision lit up social media, where long-suffering Jets fans went straight at the head coach. ESPN host and longtime Jets fan Mike Greenberg wrote on X: 'It's just a matter of when, not if, they fire the coach,' ESPN host and long-time Jets fan Mike Greenberg wrote on X. 'They absolutely should.'
Glenn’s background only made the backlash sharper. He was once a fan favorite in green and white, starring as a Jets cornerback during the Bill Parcells and Bill Belichick era when the defense was among the NFL’s best.
Now, after Sunday’s loss, the patience seems close to gone. Glenn is 0-8 against the AFC East and 5-19 overall, and some fans were done pretending otherwise.
'Dear New York Jets,' wrote one angry fan. 'Do not let Aaron Glenn in the building tomorrow. Loved him as a player, but he cannot coach his way out of a paper bag.'
Even opposing fans piled on with sarcasm: 'Lock up Aaron Glenn long term that guy is tremendous!'
After the game, Glenn said he understood why fans were upset, but he stood by the team’s direction. He also acknowledged the late-first-half decision that left New York empty-handed.
'Maybe we should've called our timeouts to get it back, but at that point, we just felt like we were going to stop them and be able to get the ball back.'
Greenberg wasn’t buying it.
'This answer is inexcusable,' the veteran ESPN host wrote on X. 'Game management is the most important part of this job and he is as bad at it as any coach I’ve ever seen. There may not be any point in making the change now, but it’s over, it’s just a matter of when.'
Not every angry message was aimed at Glenn. Some fans went after Woody Johnson instead, with podcaster Kyle Becker writing on X: 'Woody Johnson has held #Jets fans hostage for too long,' podcaster Kyle Becker wrote on X.
'This #Jets will never be an actual NFL team until he sells it. Time for [Johnson to] do the right thing and put the team up for sale.'
And as the hours passed after another painful loss, more calls to sell the team kept showing up online.
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