Canal Street Chronicles
The New Orleans Saints will host the 3-11 New York Jets at Caesars Superdome in Week 16 of the 2025 NFL season. To break it down, MacGregor Wells of Gang Green Nation joins us to preview Sunday afternoon’s matchup.
NJ: Jets HC Aaron Glenn was strongly connected to the Saints head coaching position this offseason, as he is a former player for New Orleans and previously served as the defensive backs coach for the black and gold—how would you grade Glenn’s first season in charge?
MW: I wouldn’t grade Glenn very highly. He doesn’t have a lot of talent to work with on the Jets roster, and the Jets traded their two best players, Quinnen Williams and Sauce Gardner, at the trade deadline, leaving the defense severely outmanned, so we shouldn’t expect miracles from Glenn. However, many of the remaining players on the team have produced their worst seasons in the NFL, and few, if any, Jets have played better under Glenn than they have under his predecessors. In addition, Glenn has made some really head-scratching in-game decisions. The Jets have also become the only team in NFL history to start a season with fourteen straight games without an interception, something that does not reflect well on a former defensive back like Glenn. Finally, you expect growing pains with a new regime, but by the latter parts of the season you hope for improvement. The Jets have been regressing. They have been completely noncompetitive the last few games, which have been in essence over by halftime. Many of the players appear to have checked out. None of this speaks well of the job Glenn is doing. I’ll give him a D so far. The only reason it’s not an F is the terrible roster he’s working with. I’d like to see how he does with more talent and more of his own players next year.
NJ: What direction do you hope the Jets take regarding the quarterback position: would you prefer an experienced veteran via free agency, or taking a chance on a player early in the draft?
MW: My preference is mainly that the Jets don’t trade away a king’s ransom in draft picks to move up in the draft. The Jets have made the same mistake over and over again at quarterback. They have drafted quarterbacks into terrible offensive rosters and started the rookie quarterbacks immediately. Without the infrastructure necessary to support a developing quarterback, these guys have failed over and over again. A few, like Geno Smith and Sam Darnold, have bloomed elsewhere when given a chance with a team better set up for success.
The Jets currently have five first round picks and three second round picks in the next two drafts. If they use them wisely those picks can powerfully transform the roster, setting up whomever the Jets eventually draft for success. If, on the other hand, the Jets choose to use many of those picks to trade up for a quarterback, they will be...
