Starting a brand new gig with a dropping report is one thing Aaron Glenn is accustomed to.
When he was in his first season as defensive coordinator with the Lions in 2021, Glenn and head coach Dan Campbell started that yr 0-10-1 earlier than profitable their first recreation.
The Jets have dropped their first 4 video games of the 2025 season. However Glenn believes they’re headed in the precise route.
“It was tough to go through,” Glenn stated about his expertise in Detroit. “You simply just be sure you lean on these issues, these positives that you just see inside the video games that you just play. And you continue to strive to ensure it’s a play type that you just’re making an attempt to create inside your staff that we noticed taking place at that time. And we simply knew sooner or later it was going to interrupt by means of, and as soon as it broke by means of, man, we had been simply rolling.
“Listen, I feel the same way about here, and I understand how the fans feel, I do. I’m hurting just like they are. I understand how you guys feel, I’m hurting just like you are. I do know this, I believe in everything that we’re doing, and I know that there’s going to be a breakthrough, and when it breaks through, this thing is going to pop exactly like we all want it to. I actually had conversations with Tony Dungy, and he went 0-5, and listen, he felt the same way.”
The Jets are beginning 0-4 for the third time in seven seasons. This season’s struggles have been attributed to a number of components, together with too many penalties, a scarcity of takeaways and an inconsistent offense.
By way of 4 weeks, the Jets have the worst turnover margin within the league at minus-7. They’re the one staff within the NFL that has not recorded a takeaway this season. They’re tenth in penalties (32) after being essentially the most penalized staff in soccer the earlier two seasons.
Moreover, the Jets’ offense ranks twenty first in yards (304.8) and nineteenth in factors per recreation (22.5).
Much more disappointing is how their protection has carried out after ending within the prime 5 in yards allowed within the earlier three seasons. The Jets rank twentieth in yards (330.3) and twenty ninth in factors allowed (30).
“At least this is my mindset, no matter what I go through in this game, I’m always going to keep a positive mindset just because I know how blessed I am,” Jets quarterback Justin Fields stated in regards to the staff’s 0-4 begin. “Like I stated after the sport [Monday], we’ve misplaced three video games by one rating.
“So, I think that’s a positive to look at and I think if we clean up turnovers, penalties, that’s definitely going to put us in a better position to secure those wins instead of saying we’re close and this and that. But just focusing on us, not necessarily our opponents, but fixing everything that we can to put ourselves in the best position to win.”
Gang Inexperienced had an opportunity to safe its first victory towards the beforehand winless Dolphins on Monday night time. Nevertheless, the staff dedicated three fumbles, together with Braelon Allen‘s blunder close to the objective line throughout the first quarter, and finally misplaced 27-21.
The Jets have misplaced three backbreaking video games this season. First, it was Xavier Gipson’s fumble — together with a 60-yard subject objective by Chris Boswell — that helped the Steelers defeat the Jets in Week 1. Two weeks later, towards the Buccaneers, Will McDonald blocked a subject objective try and ran it again 50 yards to offer the Jets a 27-26 lead with 1:49 remaining. However Chase McLaughlin’s 36-yard subject objective as time expired gave Tampa Bay the two-point victory.
October provides causes for optimism for the Jets after they confronted three consecutive playoff groups from final season to start 2025.
The Jets will play simply two groups (Jaguars and Payments) of their remaining 13 video games who’re at present above .500. They may even face a Cowboys staff this weekend that’s 1-2-1 this season and has a protection that’s the worst within the NFL, permitting a mean of 420.5 yards and 33 factors per recreation in 4 video games.
“I look at their defense somewhat similar to ours,” Glenn stated. “New coordinator making an attempt to get his system in and making an attempt to get guys to function in that system the best way he needs it to.
“I know he’s had some challenges, but man, he has some talent over there, and we have to make sure that, offensively, we understand exactly who they got because they are disruptive, and they are fast, and they can make some plays. They have guys that can make some plays.”
