Aaron Glenn Press Conference (9/30) | New York Jets

Aaron Glenn Press Conference (9/30) | New York Jets

Good morning. Um, when it comes to injuries, um, we still evaluating, uh, the two guys that got injured in the game yesterday, Brilen and Michael Carter. And for some of the injuries that, um, that happened, uh, before that during the week of guys getting back, uh, still trying to get an update on that. and I know something about that pretty soon. Uh when it comes to the game uh yesterday, uh nothing changes from the way that I think. Uh disappointed um in the way that we played, but man, there are some encouraging things that happened in that game. Um if you told me that we would rush for almost 200 yards on offense, if you told me that uh Justin Fields um would pass for almost 230 yards at 70ome percent, um I would have told you that we won that game. All right? But we didn’t. We didn’t. And there’s a number of reasons why we didn’t win that game. And to me, I want to focus on the how more than the why. And there are some things that we know that we have to do uh to clean those things up. And one and most important is the turnovers. Like we cannot turn over the ball and expect to win those games. And those are things that we have to fix. And and there’s a number of ways we can fix those things. And the one thing we have to do defensively is we have to continue to emphasize taking the ball away. We have to continue to um in practice every time the ball’s in the air, we have to attack the ball. Every time the runner has the ball, we have to go for the punch out while still trying to make the tackle. Um offensively, our scout team has to like punch the ball out of our guys all the time. Um and we have to continue to get better at that. But we clean those things up. Um listen I think uh I think you know we’ll be happy about the direction that we’re going. So again there are a number of things we can look at when it comes to reason we lost but that’s the thing for the most point uh when you look at it is the key that we we lost that game. So, um, any questions? After the game, uh, Sauce had mentioned, you know, that the officials played a role in it, too, that there were some calls that he thought were kind of shaky. When you look back at it, were there some calls you think, you know, you might want to bring up to the league? Yeah, that that’s every week. Um, when you really think about it, there’s always calls that we look at that we want to bring to the league and get clarification on um why is it wasn’t called um what what are the refs looking at and but here’s what I do know, man. You have to earn the right to get a lot of these calls, you know, for the most part. And and um and we just have to continue playing. Um there’s a number of calls in that game I felt that didn’t go our way that I felt we should have gotten. And you know, I could easily go through those, but I’m not. Um, but I do know this that we had a we had a good amount of of penalties on our end um that we have to clean up. And again, man, we’re talking about a team that had two years of leading the league in penalties. Um, and we’re still trying to clean those things up, you know, as we go. So, but I don’t want to put it all on that. Um, I just want to talk about that in house and make sure we do everything we can to clean those up. as a coach, how do you balance that? You know, like because clearly there’s some frustration, right? You want these guys like why are you making that mistake? But how but you like you mentioned like two years Yeah. in a row that these guys How do you balance that? Well, it it goes back to what I said, you know, it’s it’s sometimes you got to stop asking why and start talking about how and start having solutions for some of those things. I don’t want to put those solutions out, you know, cuz I want to keep those solutions in house between our guys and I know exactly what we’re going to do to try to help on some of those things. Um, and I think it’s going to be very beneficial for us moving forward uh when it comes to that. So, um, but listen, every day we got to continue to work on those things. I’m talking about the pre-nap penalties and the postnap penalties. And listen, Saul said his his his piece and and and listen, I’m not going to question what he has to say about that. But I do know this, man, we have to put oursel in position to start getting those calls. And yes, there’s the number of calls that we’re going to send to the league, but we always do just to make sure we get clarification. You mentioned you wanted to see the film of Justin. Now you’ve seen what what did you think in his first game back? I thought he played pretty well. um just just I mean getting a chance to watch it and I watched it a couple of times last night. Um I think he I think he spun the ball real as far as getting the ball to the receivers. Um we had like nine explosive plays within that game which we look to get about eight every game and he was a huge part of that um with his arm and with his legs. Um, and man, we want to build off that cuz now when you look at the three games that he’s played in, man, he had he he’s played had two games where he was really really solid. Um, and we want to build on those things. So, um, I’m encouraged by that. I I really am. I’m encouraged by our run game. Um, I thought that went really well. Um, I thought Bree did a hell of a job of toting the pill. Um, another thing that we talked about early in the week is getting Mason involved and I thought uh Justin did a really good job of getting Mason involved in the passing game also. So, those were some things that we continue to build on. Aaron, how did you feel uh about the way the defense played and especially the the things you stressed last week about tackling? Yeah, I think that’s an ongoing process when it comes to tackling, but when you take a look at defensively, man, they will put in some some bad spots and you can’t put your defense in those those spots when it comes to the turnovers. But, um, still, we have, the name of defense is limiting points. And the thing that we have to be able to do is limit points. And when they do get those turnover, they get them in in our territory, man, we got to force them to kick field goals and not give them touchdowns. And I think we gave them touchdowns in those situations. So, um, listen, I know it’s tough, you know, for a defense to be put in that situation, but, you know, we have to live for those moments and, you know, continue to working on things we got to work on to get better in those situations. And their their line do so well that like kept you guys from really getting to him? Yeah. Yeah. Are you asking me that? Yeah. What did they do? You know what? He he does a really good job and you see this all over the tape, so it’s nothing new. I mean, he does a really good job of getting the ball out of his hands and throwing on rhythm. Um, and the one thing you have to try to do as much as possible is get him off a rhythm, make him, you know, hitch and be able to try to look around for his second and third option. Um, and we did that on a on a number of occasions. The fact of the matter is, man, we have to finish the play. I think we had him in our grasp a couple of times um when he did um hitch the ball. Thing is, we have to finish those plays. Aaron, Isaiah Williams, two pretty critical mistakes last night. Would you consider making the change at returner or or is his job safe right now? You know what? I don’t want to get into that. You know, right now the thing is we brought him in to be our returner. Um listen, he made two critical mistakes and I understand that. Um but there also mistakes where he have to learn from, you know. So, um I’m not going to sit here and say that that, you know, he’s going to lose his job over that. Listen, he has to get better. I do know that. and those things can’t happen again. Um, but we’re gonna continue to look at that and try to teach them and and get them focused on doing the right things for us. Okay, a couple more. Are you hopeful that you’ll have Germaine back this week? Say it again. Are you hopeful that you’ll have Germaine Johnson back this week? Absolutely. With a number of our other guys. Um, I mean, Germaine Johnson is a key cog to what we try to do on defense. So, if he can get back, we can get Kane back. Um, obviously try to get Brownley back going and see uh see where he’s at. Man, we um we look forward to getting all those guys back. Aaron, on on a positive note with Fulk, um is that impressive to see him kick that that field? I mean, 40-year-old guy like that. Yeah, very impressive. Um but I tell you what, before the game, uh he said that he he felt like he had, you know, that type of range um in his repertoire for that game. So, I mean, it’s good to see him feel like that and be able to make that kick. I think it was like 58 yards. So, um, and I think he actually roommed, you know, for maybe a 61, 62 yard. So, it was good to see that from him. Do you I know Aaron, you said you don’t have the full injury information yet? Any indication? Is is Brayen Allen is that a serious injury? Like, are you evaluating? Do you know? I I wish I had an answer for that right now. I I really don’t know how serious it is. I promise you I’ll get that to you, you know, as soon as I get that information. But I’m hopeful. I’m hopeful that is not. Um but we’ll see. And and Michael Carter, is he in the concussion protocol? Uh concussion protocol. Yeah, we’ll see exactly where he’s at. With it being a short week, that’s tough. Last one here. Everybody good? Thank you, coach. All righty. Appreciate it.

Jets head coach Aaron Glenn speaks with reporters before practice during Cowboys week.

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