{"id":427005,"date":"2025-10-07T09:57:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T09:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/427005\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T09:57:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T09:57:13","slug":"why-jets-travelled-to-london-so-early-ahead-of-international-game-against-broncos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/427005\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Jets travelled to London so early ahead of international game against Broncos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Jets left for London on Monday, much earlier than they have traveled in the past for the overseas game.<\/p>\n<p>The Jets face the Broncos on Sunday at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.<\/p>\n<p> Take flight with the Jets <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Text with Brian Costello all season as he brings Sports+ subscribers the latest Jets intel from on the field and off.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/account\/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:tRY IT NOW;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"> tRY IT NOW <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Under former coach Robert Saleh, the team traveled last year on Thursday and practiced in England on Friday before their game with the Vikings.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Glenn said he wanted to get over to England earlier to give the players more time to adjust.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always felt guys got acclimated a lot quicker when you go early,\u201d the first-year head coach said. \u201cThat\u2019s just something I believe in. It will be a good trip for us. We\u2019re going there for one reason and that\u2019s to go win the game. I look forward to the work that we\u2019re going to have this week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is Glenn\u2019s first trip to London as a head coach, but he has been there as a player and an assistant coach with the Saints.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Jets will practice Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Jets players said they are hoping this provides some team-bonding time.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Aaron Glenn wants the Jets to use their London trip as an opportunity to bond. AP\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/c6d24fee4aa7427bef377f3abcaf2113.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Aaron Glenn wants the Jets to use their London trip as an opportunity to bond. AP<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s kind of like what training camp\u2019s supposed to be,\u201d defensive tackle Harrison Phillips said. \u201cThose teams that go away for training camp, which I\u2019ve been a part of, you don\u2019t go to some Division III college and stay in some crappy dorm because it\u2019s best for an NFL player. You do it to build a team. In a very condensed motion, we\u2019re going to be on buses together, we\u2019re going to be on planes together, we\u2019re going to be away at a hotel in London together as a team. This is a moment where we have to lock arms and lean into one another. It could set us up for success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Jets defense had another dismal day on Sunday against the Cowboys.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Is Glenn considering any personnel changes?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI say this every week: You earn your keep,\u201d Glenn said. \u201cYou earn your keep. We\u2019re always looking at that. Who gives us the best chance to win? That does not mean that we\u2019re having wholesale changes, week in and week out. I do expect the players to earn their keep during the week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CB Michael Carter II did not travel with the team Monday as he still works his way through the concussion protocol.<\/p>\n<p>Glenn said Carter may join them later this week, depending on his progress.<\/p>\n<p>LB Kiko Mauigoa suffered a sprained foot in the loss to the Cowboys.<\/p>\n<p>The Jets are already thin at the position with Quincy Williams and Marcelino McCrary-Ball on injured reserve.<\/p>\n<p>The Jets signed WR\/KR Isaiah Williams to the practice squad.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The team <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/isaiah-williams-becomes-second-returner-210345531.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:waived him Saturday following his fumble;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">waived him Saturday following his fumble<\/a> in last week\u2019s loss to the Dolphins.<\/p>\n<p>The team announced WR Allen Lazard did not travel to London with the team due to a personal reason.<\/p>\n<p>He could travel later in the week and play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Jets left for London on Monday, much earlier than they have traveled in the past for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[1585,2317,62400,7,18453,27091,226,10732,1241,1917,255,2321,2097,6,14741,796],"class_list":{"0":"post-427005","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-aaron-glenn","9":"tag-allen-lazard","10":"tag-brian-costello","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-harrison-phillips","13":"tag-isaiah-williams","14":"tag-jets","15":"tag-london","16":"tag-michael-carter-ii","17":"tag-new-york","18":"tag-new-york-jets","19":"tag-newyork","20":"tag-newyorkjets","21":"tag-nfl","22":"tag-quincy-williams","23":"tag-the-jets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115332294123653953","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}