Aaron Glenn Press Conference (9/17) | New York Jets

Aaron Glenn Press Conference (9/17) | New York Jets

Good afternoon. All right. Um, when it comes to injuries, uh, one person that I can just, uh, say out right now would be Justin. Um, he’s still going through his protocol. All right. So, he’ll be out. when it comes to Josh Reynolds, Kane, uh Jay Defmell, Jermaine Johnson, um Tony Allen, Michael Carter, we’ll see how that goes with the week. All right, a lot of those guys are trending in the right direction, so we’ll see how that goes. Um good quality opponent we’re going against this week. I mean, obviously a playoff caliber team. Um I have a lot of respect for the players they have on the team. I compete against those players for a number of years. Um, and I really have a lot of respect for this coaching staff and and this is a personal game for me from the aspect of uh I know Todd Bose um on a on a level that’s unlike a lot of coaches uh relationship I have in this league. Um he was my coach from two different teams here with the Jets and with the Cowboys. Um so I le I’ve leaned on him quite a bit uh throughout my coaching um process and he’s been a really good friend. So, and when I say personal, you know, that’s where that comes from. But, um, our mindset going through this week is listen, we’re traveling to go to Tampa to go win a game, right? And that’s where the focus is. And it starts today with us out there out in practice in the meeting room. So, um, we’re looking forward to it. Um, it’s going to be a tough battle. Uh, I know how that team operates. I know how he operates. Um, but again, I don’t mind us to go down to win a game in Tampa. So, any questions? I don’t see on film from Baker Mayfield. Say it again. Uh you’re What do you sing on film from Baker Mayfield? Um tough, highly competitive. Um has a will to himself. Um he’s he’s everything that um that a lot of people like say he is as far as great teammate. Uh he’s a man’s man. Want to be around the guys and you could tell why, you know, those guys gravitate to him, you know. So he’s been doing a really good job for those guys. He’s uh he’s been operating as one of the top quarterbacks in this league lately. It’s quick to rule out a player, Aaron. Was it just Justin hasn’t moved any steps in the line? Well, I don’t want to say that. You know, I just know how these things are and and just to my knowledge, this this will be a week he’ll be out. You me out for practice today, right? Say it again. He’s out for practice. He’ll be out for the game. Um what have you seen from Tyrod in the time that you’ve been here? Yeah, I’m sure you faced him through the years. He’s been around a long time. What gives you confidence in him? Well, it’s no different than what I said earlier in the week when you guys asked me about him, the possibility of him playing. Um, yes, I have competed against him a number of times. There’s an element within him that we also have in Justin that I like a lot. Um, and the fact that he’s been in this league for a long time. There there’s no coverage. There’s no pressure that he hasn’t seen. Um, so that’s why I have confidence in him and and he’s um a very studious person. Um, good athlete. Uh, again, been around this league for a long time. Um, there’s no better player that you would want as your as your backup quarterback than him at this point in time. What What is it? It seems like wherever he goes, he’s like really popular amongst what is it about Ty that? It’s the way that he carries himself. Um, he’s a true professional in every manner that you can think of. um he’s not one of these locker room lawyers. He doesn’t point the finger at himself. Again, I’m gonna go to, you know, thing I like about quarterbacks. He’s not a celebrity quarterback. He’s just he’s just one of the guys. And um and he he presents himself that way to where it’s not just the offense. It’s not just the old line that he has conversations with, it’s everybody within the locker room. So, um it’s easy to uh to gravitate against a guy like that. Yes, he needs practice reps obviously because he missed a lot of time. So making ruling out Justin clarify the situation and then just say Tyrod you got the whole Yes, but he has over 14 years of reps so he’s not new to this. Um with the secondary you have Carter injury deal with an injury. Yeah, I know you um signed him in the practice squad yesterday. What what does that look like to you for practice this week? Just in terms of personality, well, just like I said earlier, you know, we’ll see exactly how the week goes and then we have to adjust accordingly. What is your expectation given the way the defense played last week? What is your expectation for how they’ll bounce back? Improvement. That’s it. Improvement. Any particular areas? I would say this. Um, big ships turn slow. All right. So, man, every day we’re going to chop wood to make sure we get the way we need to get it to. And I’m not expecting this to be just the the wholesale turn of events and things are just going to be like, you know, we’ll be the number one defense in the league. But the thing that we’re going to do, we’re going to focus on those things we have to do to get better and every day in practice, we’re going to end up focusing on that. You referenced uh obviously the choice situation and you know what happened there, especially Campbell’s first year. Just what you know what happened in those situations that kind of could uh help you in this situation with the Jazz? Um, number one, not wavering and really have a belief in what you’re doing. And it wasn’t just with Detroit. We had the same situation in New Orleans. Actually, we was 79 one year. The following year we came back. I think it was 2017. We started 0 and2 and we end up being 11 and five for that season. So, um, there’s a belief that has to happen amongst the coaches and the players to make sure you just stay focused on what you’re trying to accomplish. There’s going to be so many outside knows that have no idea what goes on inside. You know, a lot of these people haven’t even played a down. So, you can’t focus on that. Again, we have to focus on what we’re trying to do. We’re locking arms. We’ll make sure we’re keeping any everything inside and not let anybody infiltrate what we’re trying to do. So, the focus is that for us and we’re going to continue to do that. Is that the same thing you tell the players at this point? Because, you know, guys, who’ve been here obviously been 0 and2 a few times to make sure that they’re not getting too frustrated or anything. Well, this is a new year and we have new players, we have new coaches, so we focus on, man, what we’re trying to do right now. But you’re absolutely right. We do have to talk about that amongst the players and the coaches. Aaron, with with Michael Clemens, forgetting about the penalty for a second, just how did he play down to down just forgetting about penalty? Yeah, there’s there’s um sometimes when people when they don’t see a stat, they they feel like a player hasn’t done anything right, but there’s other things that go on in the game that um that we ask players to do that again that people really don’t understand. So, um, I will say this, man. Listen, we, um, we know exactly what we’re trying to do as a staff. Um, listen, everybody have ups and downs when it comes to playing and the things that we’re asking to Mike to do. Um, he’s doing a a good job at that. You know, does he need to improve? Absolutely. Like everybody else, right? But, um, we know exactly what we’re doing with Mike. Would it be fair to say that with Germaine banged up that Michael could even see a bigger role this week? uh he will see the road we’ve been getting for the whole time he’s been here. You’re trying to turn around a ship. Shouldn’t the run defense be better than 224 yards? Even as you’re trying to change the culture, there’s a lot of work for you to do, but shouldn’t that be better even right at it? The first week we had 53 yards. This week we gave up 250 22 24. Yeah. So, man, that’s what happened in this league. But is that So, you’re talking about one game. Yeah. But it’s it’s 224 yards. Is that ever acceptable even right out of the game? Absolutely not. is not acceptable. Absolutely not. But I will say this, nothing was saying about that when we have a 53 yards. What have you seen from the way the team has responded like watching the film and and what do you want to see in practice this week after, you know, obviously a setback? Just improvement. That’s it. And everything that we do, offense, defense, and special teams, just improvement. Thanks everybody. Thank you.

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

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