Matt LaFleur didn’t hide how he felt about Aaron Glenn’s late-game choice on Sunday, and Jets fans likely weren’t any less puzzled.
For most of the first three and a half quarters in the Jets’ Week 2 meeting with the Packers, New York looked like the sharper team. The defense kept Jordan Love and Green Bay’s offense under control, while the Jets did enough on offense to build a double-digit cushion.
Then it unraveled.
Missed chances in all three phases helped swing the game, and a couple of coaching calls from Glenn and Frank Reich only added to the mess. Two separate 4th-and-1 decisions stood out: one time the Jets passed on going for it, another time they chose to try. Glenn’s decision not to call timeout on Green Bay’s final regulation possession also came off as a costly one.
After the game, LaFleur made it clear he didn’t understand that part of the Jets’ approach. SNY’s Connor Hughes relayed the Packers coach’s postgame reaction:
"Matt LaFleur said after the game he was 'really confused' by the Jets decision not to call a timeout at the end of regulation to give their offense another shot with ~ 50 seconds left."
Glenn, though, wasn’t backing away from it. In his own postgame comments, he said the Jets were "playing for overtime," and he stood by the choice even after the result went against them.
That conservative mindset showed up earlier, too. With 11 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Jets had a prime chance after a turnover put them inside Green Bay’s 20. Instead of cashing in on 4th-and-1, they lined up like they might go for it, took a delay of game, and sent Jason Sanders out for a field goal to make it 17-7.
It was the kind of moment where New York could have gone for the knockout and tried to finish the game right there. Instead, the Jets settled for three, and the rest of the afternoon turned into a long, frustrating reminder of how quickly control can slip away.
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