Aaron Glenn walked into Sunday needing a win, and the Jets gave him the kind of loss that can linger. At 2-4, with the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills still coming up, New York had a straightforward job in Week 7: handle a winless AFC East opponent. Instead, the Jets got outplayed by the Miami Dolphins and put themselves in a 21-7 hole by halftime.
That early deficit told the story. Glenn’s defense, the part of the team he has called his “superpower,” never showed up when the Jets needed it most.
Miami was working without the kind of star power teams usually fear, but it hardly mattered. With Greg Dulcich, Caleb Douglas, and Malik Washington leading the Dolphins’ receiving group, the result still felt like a throwback to a bigger-name attack.
Malik Willis passed for 208 yards, and Ollie Gordon added 103 rushing yards.
For Glenn, this was supposed to be the kind of game that steadies a season and quiets the noise. Instead, the Jets looked flat from the start, as if the moment had outgrown them before the first half was over. There was a lack of energy, and just as damaging, a sense that they weren’t prepared for what was in front of them.
The loss is especially damaging because it came in a spot that should have been manageable. Nearly every sportsbook had the Jets as the favorite, and on paper they looked like the more talented roster. Miami still won because Jeff Hafley kept making the right moves at the right times.
Glenn is unlikely to be dismissed in the middle of the season. Woody Johnson has only fired a coach once during his time as owner in New York, when Robert Saleh was let go back in 2024.
Glenn also has a better relationship with Johnson than Saleh did. But losses like this make it harder to imagine the organization sticking with him.
Even if the Jets manage to finish the year with some dignity, the bigger question hangs over everything: what comes next? Would the team simply bring the whole staff back? Would Frank Reich be fired and Glenn be asked to work with a third offensive coordinator in as many years?
The longer this goes on, the clearer it becomes that Glenn may not be the coach to pull the Jets out of this stretch. There are still games left, and a chance to answer the criticism. But Sunday left a bruise that won’t go away quickly.
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