Gang Green Nation
I try not to be overly reactionary in my takes on this site. The easiest thing in the world is to give some scorching hot take about how the coach should be fired when the Jets are playing poorly, and the fanbase is angry.
There are some realities to the current Jets situation:
The team was never expected to be good this season.
Making the Playoffs was not a realistic expectation.
The season could not be judged solely on wins and losses.
And perhaps most significantly:
None of this is Aaron Glenn’s fault.
Glenn inherited a team trying to climb out of the wreckage of a disastrous bet that the Jets were close to winning a Super Bowl and that Aaron Rodgers and big name veterans were the last pieces of the puzzle to get there.
Entering his first year, the Jets had holes all over the roster. They also had a quarter of their salary cap dedicated to players who were no longer on the roster. Former general manager Joe Douglas put a lot of cap hits on the credit card trying to maximize the last two years, and the bill came due.
The quality of the roster has deteriorated over the course of the season. This was in part due to the team trading two of its star players for Draft picks. Injuries have also created attrition for a team that didn’t have much depth to begin with.
That’s a long way to preface everything I’m about to say, but I think it’s important to say. This team’s issues in 2025 go far beyond Aaron Glenn. Any coach would be dealing with them, and the results would likely not be good.
So please know that I am aware of the challenges Glenn faces.
With that said, it cuts both ways. We can say it isn’t only about wins and losses. That means a hard fought loss where the other team’s superior talent takes over in the fourth quarter can’t be treated the same as the catastrophic December the Jets have suffered.
I know the Jets have a bad roster, but they aren’t the first team in NFL history to be stuck playing practice squad level players in December.
It’s important for a young team to play its best football late in the season. Early in the year, inexperience shows. After a season full of reps, this should be the point where we start to see progress. Instead, we got what was objectively the worst December performance in the century plus history of the league.
At times like this we have to ask ourselves a question. Do the roster challenges mean that Aaron Glenn cannot be judged in any way shape or form? Can we just accept the Jets playing some of the worst football the NFL has ever seen?
I would say the answer is no. I don’t think it’s fair to expect a lot of wins at this point. In fact,...
