Aaron Glenn sounds off on part of Jets’ loss that ‘bothers’ him originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Before becoming a coach, New York Jets’ head coach Aaron Glenn was a three-time Pro Bowl defensive back in the NFL. So, it makes sense that, following his team’s loss to the New England Patriots on Thursday night, Glenn pulled no punches about the performance of his secondary.
During Glenn’s postgame press conference, one reporter acknowledged that while New England quarterback Drake Maye is “playing at a high level right now,” multiple plays involved Maye hitting a wide-open receiver down the field.
When asked what he saw from the secondary, Glenn initially gave the standard coach answer of, “I really have to watch the tape.” He then got more pointed in his comments.
“I’m not trying to run away from that answer at all,” Glenn said, H/T SNY Jets on X. “That did happen. There was a number of plays where a guy was running, and that bothers me. It really does. We have to clean that up because you can’t let any quarterback have those type of wide-open receivers. Especially him. He will find ’em. That can’t be a part of who we are. It was unacceptable.”
While the secondary wasn’t the only source of struggle for the Jets, it was a big one. Maye was 25-for-34 in the passing game, throwing for 281 yards with a touchdown, no interceptions and a 107.6 rating. Additionally, the Patriots picked up 16 first downs by passing, one more than the Jets picked up by running and passing combined.
The Jets, of course, were active sellers at the trade deadline, parting ways with cornerback Sauce Gardner and defensive lineman Quinnen Williams. Losing their top cornerback and one of their top pass rushers will place even more emphasis on the remaining defensive backs for the rest of the season.