The Jets walked into Sunday needing a clean response and instead came away with a loss that sent frustration spilling everywhere, including from one of ESPN’s most visible voices.
New York fell at home to the previously winless Dolphins, 28-25, a result that left the fan base reeling and put Aaron Glenn squarely in the spotlight. The defeat dropped the Jets to 2-5, and it came in ugly fashion, with Miami taking a 21-7 lead by halftime.
The first half told the story fast. The Dolphins scored touchdowns on their first two possessions, while the Jets answered with a touchdown on their opening drive before the offense stalled with an interception and a punt.
Miami’s last touchdown of the half capped a 15-play, 91-yard march, and Glenn later said he chose not to use timeouts during that sequence because he wanted to trust the defense to get a stop. It didn’t happen.
With six seconds left in the second quarter, quarterback Geno Smith took a knee and sent New York into halftime trailing by two scores.
ESPN’s Mike Greenberg was blunt after the loss, posting on X that the opening half might have been the most “disheartening” New York has played in recent history. He also said the defeat felt “ like the end of everything” for the Jets and called for Glenn to be fired, saying it was more a question of when than if.
Glenn did not need to guide the Jets to the playoffs to keep his job this season, but he does need to show that the team is moving in the right direction. The fight New York has shown for much of the year wasn’t enough to cover up what happened against Miami, and Sunday’s result raised real questions about where this season is headed before 2027.
There’s no way to dress up what happened against a Dolphins team that had been 0-?. The Jets were at home, the opponent was there for the taking, and the chance slipped away in a loss that looked as bad as any on the schedule.
New York now turns to a Week 8 home game against the Las Vegas Raiders, with its bye not arriving until Week 13. That gives Glenn a few weeks to try to steady the season, but Sunday made the pressure impossible to ignore.
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