That was a mistake<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\nGlenn admitted to other mistakes in a lost first season, one that could have been his only season if he didn\u2019t have a very large buyout.<\/p>\n
He also regrets building a staff that underwent a significant overhaul after Year 1.<\/p>\n
\u201cI kick myself in the ass for that,\u201d Glenn said. \u201cWhen you have a vision for something, and as you execute it \u2014 sometimes you got to pivot. And I think the toughest people, just in general, are the ones that are not afraid to pivot and not afraid of what anybody else will say on the outside. Because if you don\u2019t pivot, you crash and burn.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another factor that kept Glenn from succeeding in 2025 was the decision to entrust the QB1 job to Justin Fields. That alone could have been the difference between Glenn and his former Detroit colleague, Ben Johnson, who thrived with Caleb Williams.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not here to make any excuses like that,\u201d Glenn said regarding the bad hand he was dealt at quarterback.<\/p>\n
Of course, Glenn had a role in cutting the cards. The Jets picked Fields, giving him $30 million guaranteed on a two-year deal. They could have pursued other options. They could have signed Daniel Jones or Sam Darnold. They could have traded for Geno Smith. They could have drafted Jaxson Dart.<\/p>\n
While it\u2019s unclear who made the final call on Fields, there\u2019s never been a suggestion that the Jets signed Fields over Glenn\u2019s strenuous objection.<\/p>\n
Regardless of last year, the pressure is on this year. Time is not on Glenn\u2019s side. He needs to win in Year 2, or there may not be a Year 3.<\/p>\n
Which would explain the willingness to be a little more cooperative with the media. If the final decision is close, he\u2019ll need those voices arguing to the fans for another year \u2014 and not clamoring for yet another coach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For those in the public eye who choose to treat the media as an enemy, they tend to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":819828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-819827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}