At least one of Aaron Glenn's former coaches did not enjoy his time with the New York Jets last season. The Jets went 3-14 with the NFL's worst point differential (-203) in Glenn's first year as head coach. Glenn made significant changes to his staff this offseason in hopes of snapping the organization's 15-year playoff drought.
A former coach spoke bluntly about his 2025 campaign with the Jets to The Athletic's Jonathan Jones. The season ended with five straight losses of 23 points or more. Glenn's tenure didn't start much better.
The Jets opened with seven straight losses before earning back-to-back wins over the Cincinnati Bengals (without Joe Burrow) and Cleveland Browns. They scored the NFL's fourth-fewest points, allowed the second-most points, and became the first team to ever go an entire season without tallying an interception. Another coach criticized Glenn's standoffish demeanor with reporters during the season.
He scoffed when asked about benching quarterback Justin Fields amid an 0-6 start and later declined to offer an injury update on wide receiver Garrett Wilson. "Everything with the media, I used to cringe," an ex-Jets coach said. "First year, we're not (Bill) Belichick here.
I just felt like he was arrogant — and I don't want to say that word — but he knew ball more than everybody else." However, not all former Jets employees had bad things to say. Another fired coach defended Glenn, who inherited a franchise that hasn't won more than seven games in a season since 2015. "The team that A.G. took over, they were a five-win team, and we got rid of all the best players," the coach said.
I'm not saying those weren't the right decisions. You had an old roster, but you've got to be realistic and live with the consequences. He had a good plan as a first-year head coach.
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