The New York Jets headed down to face the New Orleans Saints in Week 16 after making their first big staff change under the watch of head coach Aaron Glenn.

At Caesars Superdome on Sunday, it didn’t matter. The Jets (3-12) still saw a similar outcome in one of their final games of the 2025 season as the lowly Saints (5-10) took a 29-6 final.

What led to the disappointment this time?

Here are Jets Wire’s five takeaways from the Jets’ loss to the Saints:

DC change does not show results in secondary

It was a 9-6 edge for the Saints at halftime. It looked like the Jets defense might have gotten a bit of a boost by firing defensive coordinator and promoting Chris Harris after all.

The Jets defense fell apart, specifically the secondary considering New Orleans quarterback Tyler Shough had 308 passing yards and a touchdown. More on the secondary to come…

Cook fails to muster touchdown

It feels official now. Opposing teams do not respect rookie quarterback all that much. Cook was never going to stop the Jets from selecting a quarterback at the 2026 NFL draft, but he might not even garner much of a look as a backup moving forward.

Let’s wait and see if he plays in the final two outings, even.

Boxing up on Breece

Cook’s struggles have had a side effect: Breece Hall can’t get much going. Defenses like the Saints line up with a stacked box against the Jets and their top running back. That caused Hall to have only 54 total rushing yards on 16 carries (3.4 average) with a long rush of only seven yards in Week 16.

Hall has nowhere to go…

A bad NFL record

The Jets’ secondary set a terrible NFL record that might continue to grow, even into the 2026 season. It has been 15-straight games without New York recording an interception. That’s the type of new NFL record the Jets did not want to be apart of, but they hold it now.

Glenn motivation looks out

There was a time, yes this season, where the Jets won three of five games. Some started to consider no longer worrying about the status of 2026 draft picks. Glenn was starting to “build a winner.”

So much for that. Any motivating he managed to do for a short time in his locker room is long gone.