The Jets got a little help on the draft front this week, but that’s about where the good vibes stop. Aaron Glenn is still answering questions about his job security, the offense still has holes, and the noise around the roster keeps getting louder as the deadline approaches.
Glenn insisted he isn’t spending time worrying about his own future. He said his focus is on getting the team better each week, and that job is taking up all his attention.
“There’s so much that I think about when it comes to us improving each week that it really doesn’t come across my mind, to be honest with you. I understand how this league is.
I understand what this business is about, but my first job is each week improving this team. And that's the only thing that I think about”
He also acknowledged the obvious: the wins have to start showing up.
“Absolutely,” he said. “I mean, that’s what this is.
It’s a bottom-line business, and we have to win, but we still have nine games left. So we still have an opportunity to win nine games.”
Not everyone in the building sounds ready to jump ship. Demario Davis backed Glenn and praised the way he’s handled the stretch.
"What I like about his leadership is he hasn't wavered, he hasn't flinched. He's been the same guy every day.
I believe in him. The guys believe in him."
One of the bigger roster questions centered on Breece Hall, but Glenn made it clear he expects him to stay put.
“Guys, listen, Breece is still a part of this team. I understand how the noise happens when things like this happen.
I’ve said it before, we’re in the business of keeping good players and he’s one of our better players. So Breece will still be here.”
Then there’s the Garrett Wilson chatter, which Glenn dismissed as nonsense. Jason La Canfora floated the idea that the Jets’ stance on Wilson wasn’t as firm as it sounds and pointed to Pittsburgh as a possible destination. The reaction around the team side was blunt: that idea doesn’t hold up.
Minkah Fitzpatrick also stirred things up with the line “Some bad penalties, bad mistakes, Jets being Jets” before the Jets PR team tried to clarify it as “Jets beating Jets”, but that wasn’t what he said. Rex Ryan wasn’t having it.
“We don’t need you to go against us. We need you to build this team up.
And my understanding is that he meant we’re killing ourselves but it certainly didn’t come out that way… this is horrendous. If this is actually how he feels then adios… don’t let the door his you in the ass”
On the draft side, the Jets got the kind of weekend they needed. The teams they were hoping would lose did lose, and New York now holds three top-10 picks.
The numbers from the game tell a pretty split story. On offense, the production looks solid enough at first glance.
On defense, the damage was ugly. The context matters on both sides: the offense was working against one of the league’s worst defenses, while the defense was facing a decent offense led by a 38-year-old Kirk Cousins.
At quarterback, Geno Smith put together a stat line with plenty of positives, even if it wasn’t clean throughout. He completed 62.5% of his passes for 290 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, and posted a 2.6% turnover worthy play rate with 1 such throw.
He also had 4 batted throws, a 12.1% rate, and took 3.12 seconds on average to throw. Pressure showed up on 28.6% of his throws, and 25.7% of his dropbacks came against the blitz.
On play-action, he went 7-10 for 70 yards. On throws of 20-plus yards, he was 6-12.
The bigger issue came with the red-zone work. The offense went 2-6 there, and while that wasn’t all on the quarterback, he was part of the problem. There were also missed chances for bigger plays because he leaned too cautious.
The run game, meanwhile, was another area where the flow never really settled in. Braelon Allen was used well early, then the touches dried up in the second half. Davis was mixed in at the wrong moments, and that disrupted the rhythm of the offense and the ground game.
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