{"id":436820,"date":"2026-01-27T16:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/436820\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T16:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:48:12","slug":"ex-nfl-gm-rips-aaron-glenns-jets-played-like-a-bunch-of-guys-punching-time-clocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/436820\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NFL GM Rips Aaron Glenn’s Jets, ‘Played Like a Bunch of Guys Punching Time Clocks’"},"content":{"rendered":"

At least one former NFL general manager was unimpressed by the energy the New York Jets showed during Aaron Glenn’s first season as head coach, according to ESPN’s Rich Cimini<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“He did nothing with the culture,” the former GM told Cimini. “He talked about swagger and toughness, but I didn’t see any of that. <\/p>\n

“They played like a bunch of guys punching time clocks; they didn’t want to be there.”<\/p>\n

The former GM also criticized Glenn’s decision-making, especially his choices to start quarterback Justin Fields and hire former defensive coordinator Steve Wilks, according to Cimini.<\/p>\n

A midseason firing of Wilks didn’t help the Jets turn around the 2025 season, which the team finished 3-14 to mark a 10th straight campaign with a losing record.<\/p>\n

Despite that record, which will only net the Jets the No. 2 pick after the 3-14 Las Vegas Raiders earned the top selection based on their strength of schedule, Glenn is set to return for a second season in 2026.<\/p>\n

Glenn is reportedly<\/a> signed through the 2029 campaign after agreeing to a five-year deal with the Jets last January.<\/p>\n

ESPN’s Rich Cimini<\/a> recently reported that Jets owner Woody Johnson was “heavily involved” in hiring Glenn, and that at least one team source sees the coach as “Woody’s guy.”<\/p>\n

Glenn will now be tasked with making more successful personnel decisions in his second season with the franchise, including with finding Wilkes’ replacement.<\/p>\n

Previous reports had tied<\/a> former Michigan defensive coordinator Wink Martindale as a candidate for the Jets’ DC position.<\/p>\n

The Athletic’s Zack Rosenblatt<\/a> reported Monday that Glenn “is still sorting through how he wants the staff\/structure to look as he revamps things,” and “the search is still underway and multiple candidates are being looked at.”<\/p>\n

Landing on a DC hiring and quarterback selection, as well as improving in game management, could potentially allow Glenn to make his case to stick around in New York by leading a stronger second-year campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At least one former NFL general manager was unimpressed by the energy the New York Jets showed during…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-436820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}