Aaron Glenn Taking Heat After Jets Give Game Away to Packers

As if there weren’t enough fans calling for the head of Aaron Glenn going all the way back to last season, those voices are only going to get louder after what we saw yesterday.

Hoping to start the season with consecutive wins for the first time in over a decade, the Jets looked to be in the driver’s seat.  Leading the Packers 17-7 with under ten minutes left in the game, the Jets let it all slip away.

Despite the Packers committing several back-breaking penalties and appearing to want nothing to do with winning the game, Glenn and his staff would have none of it.  Armed with almost a full minute left in the half, Glenn didn’t call a timeout to force a Packers punt.  Instead, he allowed the clock to run, allowing the Packers to stop the clock at :02 and take a shot at the end zone.

Asked why he didn’t’ call the timeout, Glenn would say he was concerned that the Packers would have punted and pinned the Jets deep in their own territory.  Coaching scared with your job potentially being on the line was questionable at best.

Glenn won’t be the only one facing questions, however.  Offensive coordinator Frank Reich, who everybody was in love with just a week ago, is facing critcism for for running out of shotgun on two consecutive 4th & 1 plays with the Jets hoping to get in field goal range to take the lead.  Instead, the Jets were stuffed and allowed the Packers to take over.

Between the play calling, the clock management and the team’s poor preparation to play in wet weather, this was a game that could have been won, but the Jets found a way to give it away.

Glenn was Born in the Bronx, New York and has followed the Jets religiously despite being stationed in several different countries and time zones around the world. He now resides in England and has been a KansasCityProFootball member since 2005. Glenn will bleed green with the rest of us through the highs and lows.