Jets Have An Aaron Glenn Problem | After Further Review

You know that you have a problem when a former NFL head coach can basically diagnose it from the TV studio. In Week 7, the Jets lost 28-25 to a Miami team that came into MetLife winless. And afterwards, Super Bowl-winning head coach Mike Tomlin saw some numbers that jumped off the screen. Those numbers were 107-6. That's how badly the Jets have been outscored in the final two minutes of first halves during Aaron Glenn's tenure. But Tomlin had some advice for Dan Green. With three games in, you got enough of a body of work to determine what your weaknesses are and then plot out a course to fix them. Well, they've been looking at this particular weakness since the beginning of the last season and it's still 107-6. And so certainly they got a lot of work ahead of them. If I were them, I would do two minutes every day of my life until further notice. Coach Tomlin said, if I were them, I would do the two minutes every day of my life until further notice. Ouch. But after further review, sometimes the truth hurts. And he absolutely has a point. Because what happened against Miami wasn't just another bad two minutes. It looked like the same problem showing up again. Let's start with the data. 107 points allowed, six scored in the final two minutes of first halves under Glenn. And Miami added to that problem on Sunday with a drive that was painful to watch if you were wearing green and white or if you were a fan of the team. The Dolphins, they started at their own nine, then in 15 plays, they moved the ball 91 yards. They keep the football for nearly nine minutes, and with six seconds left before halftime, Malik Willis runs it in. What had been a one-score game turned into a 21-7 Miami lead. And here's where this becomes about more than defense. Towards the end of that drive, in the final two minutes, Aaron Glenn still had his timeouts, but he didn't use them. after the game Glenn admitted quote "that's something" that we should have done" well thanks now i actually appreciate the accountability but accountability after the fact doesn't put those seconds back on the clock and to be fair to Glenn you can call every timeout in the world and your defense still has to get off the field which arguably was the biggest problem for the Jets on Sunday particularly when it came to stopping the run Miami they ran the ball 41 times for 156 yards De'Von Achane finished with 103 yards on 25 carries and according to Next Gen stats he forced a career high 10 missed tackles even though he saw a stacked box on 11 of his carries the Jets they knew Miami wanted to run they loaded up to stop it and Miami kept running the ball down their throats anyway and that's the part that should really bother the Jets this wasn't some mystery offense this wasn't Patrick Mahomes-esque offensive wizardry on display here Gang Green knew what was coming and they still couldn't consistently get off the field which made the second half even more frustrating because the Jets actually did a lot of good things offensively Geno Smith he threw for 287 yards and three touchdowns Braelon Allen ran for a buck oh four Almar Cooper Jr he was a bright spot again with 115 receiving yards the Jets they finished with 377 total yards those look like numbers from a team that should have a pretty good chance to win yet like the same old Jets New York spent the second half chasing a deficit, their defense and game management helped create before halftime New York started closing the gap then with under five minutes left, Malik Willis finds Caleb Douglas for 63 yards, that touchdown was the backbreaker, the exact kind of play your defense can't give up when the offense has finally pulled you back into the game, and even after the Jets answered to make it 28 to 25, the defense got one more chance, fourth and one, get a stop and Geno gets the ball back with a chance to win or tie Malik Willis keeps it on the QB sneak first down Jets couldn't stop four straight runs and that was the ball game, and that's why I don't think this after further review is simply the Jets defense was bad, it's more specific than that, the Jets keep failing in the moments that require situational discipline, we have seen this at the end of the first half, we've seen this on third down, you've seen this on fourth down situations that require the team to get the ball back when your offense finally has momentum and when your head coach's background is defense well those moments are going to land right on his desk that's why Tomlin's comment hits so hard when another head coach can look at your team and immediately identify the same weakness that keeps showing up the problem isn't hidden anymore everybody knows it look I'm the one always saying players have agency Aaron Glenn can't make the tackles he can't cover the receivers and he can't personally get the defense off the field the players absolutely have to own that but the timeouts the situational management the fact that this keeps happening over and over again that's where the head coach enters the conversation and after further review 107 to 6 isn't just an ugly stat anymore we got to be real about this it's a pattern the jets don't just need to play better defense they need to start playing the end of halves like the game can be won or lost right there because too often under Aaron Glenn it has been