According to Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio there is a "chance" that Jets head coach Aaron Glenn could be fired at seasons end.
While Florio doesn't site any sources, the rumor has caught fire the last two days. The question is would it make sense? Let's examine this for a second?
Why it Makes Sense:
Glenn has not been great in his first year as Head Coach of this team. The talent has taken a major step backwards, granted two of those talented players were traded away in Sauce Gardner to Indianapolis and Quinnen Williams to Dallas.
The decision he and GM Darren Mougey made to give Justin Fields a two year deal proved to be a horrible mistake, and Glenn stuck with Fields for far too long before pulling the plug following the Jets loss to the Patriots on a Thursday night in mid November.
Glenn gave now former Defensive Coordinator Steve Wilks too much power to run the defense, and the players couldn't stand Wilks. Reports indicated this week after Glenn officially fired Wilks that many players felt the scheme was too rigid, and many players were not improving, leading to the like of Jermaine Johnson and Quincy Williams to both take huge steps backwards. Not to mention the Jets have forced only three turnovers all season, none of which were via the interception.
At times this year it has felt that Glenn didn't have full command of in-game management, and it showed during the Jets 0-7 stretch to open the season.
The Jets three wins were all against teams starting its backup quarterbacks.
Why It Doesn't Make Sense:
Glenn is only in his first year on the job. Unless they are getting a much better head coach like the Patriots did when they fired Jerad Mayo for Mike Vrabel, the Jets won't find anyone with a better resume. Mike McCarthy once interviewed for the Jets job in 2019, but the franchise went with Adam Gase instead.
Glenn and Mougey seem to have great chemistry together. The two of them were practically hired together, with Glenn's hire coming a week before the Jets settled on Mougey as GM. The two of them are already rebuilding the roster for 2026 with Wilks now out as D.C. and re-signings of Jeremy Ruckert and Josh Meyers to two year deals.
And that leads to this: continuity. The Jets desperately need some contiunity. A total shakeup now at head coach will lead to nothing but questions. At the moment the only real big question will be if the Jets trade picks for a veteran quarterback, or use the picks to trade up in the draft to potentially select Indiana's Fernando Mendoza.
A shake-up at head coach will open the Jets up to so many possibilities, unless Gang Green targets an offensive mind like Seattle offensive coordinator Klint Kubiack (never been a head coach) or Washington Offensive Coordinator Kliff Kingsbury (a bad stint with Arizona a few years ago).
To date I have not seen any of the Jets beat writers following up on this story. I haven't seen anything posted on the Athletic or the New York Post. It doesn't mean they won't, but we'll have to wait and see at this point.
My guess is that Glenn is going to return in 2026.
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