Jets head coach Aaron Glenn took over as the team’s defensive play-caller this season and things got off to a pretty good start in September.
The Jets only allowed 30 points over the first two weeks of the season, but they’ve allowed 193 in the last seven games. That includes Sunday’s 35-point performance by the Chiefs and the Jets have only won one of those seven contests to drop to 2-7 on the season.
On Monday, Glenn was asked at a press conference if he would consider handing off the play-calling role to defensive coordinator Brian Duker in the second half of the season.
“Well, I would say this, and listen, we have not played really good defense the last couple of weeks, and I am very aware of that,” Glenn said, via a transcript from the team. “But again, there’s been evidence of us playing really good defense throughout this season and listen, I will never say never to anything, but I do know this: I’m looking at everything and I’m looking of ways of us to improve, and whatever that is for us to get better, you can best believe I’ll make those changes. And I think I’ve done that throughout my career to be able to do that is I’m not afraid to make a change. I’m not saying that is going to be the change, but I’m looking at everything.”
Given the Jets’ record, it’s hard to imagine too many little tweaks that are going to lead to a major change in circumstances for the team. It’s also hard to imagine Glenn doing much to improve his chances of sticking around after a 5-21 start to his tenure, but we’ll see if anything looks different when the Jets face the Bills at home in Week 10.