Normally, a 0-3 begin within the NFL is the kiss of dying.
However Aaron Glenn remains to be optimistic the Jets can flip their season round following Sunday’s loss to the Buccaneers.
“There are some things defensively that we have to do a better job of and I understand that,” Glenn stated on Monday morning. “However we’re going to go to work this week and once more, attempt to repair a few of these issues that we’re having points with and attempt to transfer ahead.
“Listen, I am not shaken by this at all, I have a ton of confidence in the guys that we have. I have a ton of confidence in the coaches that we have. But I do know this man, we are in a race to improve, alright, and we have to do a good job of that.”
The Jets are one in every of six groups (Giants, Dolphins, Texans, Saints, and Titans) who’re winless getting into Week 4. Though there are nonetheless 14 video games left within the season, the street to reaching the postseason won’t be a simple one for the Jets or any of the winless groups.
For the reason that NFL expanded its schedule to 17 video games in 2021, no workforce has misplaced its first three video games and rebounded to make the postseason. Throughout that span, solely two groups, the 2021 Colts and the 2024 Bengals, completed with a successful report, however neither certified for the postseason.
Till confirmed in any other case, many are going to imagine they’re the ‘same old Jets.’ They’ve registered 9 consecutive shedding seasons and have a 14-year playoff drought, which isn’t solely the longest within the NFL, however it’s the longest in North American sports activities.
“There is no balance in it,” Jets broad receiver Garrett Wilson stated. “Like, no, you might be 0-3, it’s an uphill battle so far as the place we’re at.
“With that said, it is still early, and the same thing with that game like, ‘Alright, y’all, we finished strong, but how do we keep ourselves out of that spot.’ Back to what I spoke on before, I have a big part in that and the offensive side of the ball we’re going to fix things.”
The Jets have had their alternatives to assert victory in two of their first three video games. However late-game successful discipline objectives sealed their destiny in video games in opposition to the Steelers and Buccaneers.
The Steelers defeated the Jets in Week 1 after Chris Boswell nailed a 60-yard discipline objective with lower than two minutes left. Then on Sunday, Glenn was lower than two minutes from his first victory as Jets coach.
The Jets erased a 17-point deficit initially of the fourth quarter. They took a 27-26 lead after Will McDonald‘s blocked discipline objective and 50-yard return for a landing with 1:49 remaining within the recreation. Nonetheless, Baker Mayfield led Tampa Bay 48 yards down the sphere in seven performs.
Gang Inexperienced has one of many worst defenses within the NFL after the primary three weeks. They’re twenty second in yards (340.3) and thirtieth in factors allowed (31). Tackling has been an issue for the Jets after they’ve didn’t deliver down ballcarriers in ill-advised moments. Towards the Buccaneers, the Jets protection registered only one sack and two quarterback hits regardless of Tampa Bay dealing with an offensive line lacking three starters.
“It comes back to emphasizing that, and you can always improve in those things, that’s why you practice,” Glenn stated. “Pay attention, I’m not saying that you just go on the market and also you apply tackling at this level of the season, however you guarantee that each man will get in place to attempt to do this.
“There is a ton of things that every coach in this league is trying to emphasize, and we hope that every game comes out to where those things show up, but the thing is you go back to work, you emphasize those things, and you do everything you can to get yourself in positions to where you can actually operate the right way.”
