{"id":629334,"date":"2025-12-26T06:46:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T06:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/629334\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T06:46:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T06:46:21","slug":"ny-jets-hc-aaron-glenn-preaches-patience-for-jermaine-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/629334\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Jets HC Aaron Glenn preaches patience for Jermaine Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Expectations can be a burden for NFL players. In the case of New York Jets edge rusher Jermaine Johnson<\/a>, they have often been unfair.<\/p>\n

A first-round pick out of Florida State, Johnson looked like an ascending player over his first two seasons\u2014a young edge rusher trending toward a breakout on what appeared to be a playoff-caliber roster.<\/p>\n

Then came the injury.<\/p>\n

Johnson tore his Achilles<\/a> tendon in Week 2 of the 2024 season, leaving him sidelined for the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n

Now ,more than a year removed from surgery, Johnson\u2019s return hasn\u2019t produced the immediate impact many fans hoped to see.<\/p>\n

Jets\u2019 honest assessment of edge rusher<\/p>\n

While fans may have high expectations for Johnson, Jets head coach Aaron Glenn remains confident the 26-year-old will ultimately get back to full strength.<\/p>\n

Asking for that to happen in 2025, though, was unrealistic.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he\u2019s still working his way to be the Jermaine that we all know, and he\u2019s going to continue to do that,\u201d Glenn said<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re playing against some pretty good tackles also, but he\u2019s not going to use that as an excuse. I know he feels the same way that he needs to go out there and make the plays he can make to help us be successful on defense.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnson has logged only three sacks this year, while going five consecutive games without one. Overall, he has earned a mediocre defensive grade of 64.6 from Pro Football Focus.<\/a><\/p>\n

Doctors who have spoken with Jets X-Factor have consistently stated that lower leg surgeries typically require a full two years to heal. The first year is about gaining trust back in the body part that was affected. The athlete is trying to get back all movement, and that takes time.<\/p>\n

Things change in the second year, though. That is when the athlete returns to 100%, as confident as they were before they got hurt. Keep in mind, Johnson is still in his first season back.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s some patience with that, but there\u2019s also some improving as the week
needs to go for him to continue to get to where he\u2019s trying to get to,\u201d Glenn said.<\/p>\n

Time will tell if Johnson can ever get back to his pre-surgery self. However, history shows that Achilles injuries are among the most difficult to recover from.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Expectations can be a burden for NFL players. In the case of New York Jets edge rusher Jermaine…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[1585,7,3228,8142,226,1917,255,2321,2097,6,4403,30125,3231,3916,3234,31834],"class_list":{"0":"post-629334","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-football","10":"tag-free-content","11":"tag-jermaine-johnson","12":"tag-jets","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-jets","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkjets","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-ny-jets-coaches","19":"tag-ny-jets-injuries","20":"tag-ny-jets-news","21":"tag-ny-jets-players","22":"tag-standard","23":"tag-syndication"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115784528032835027","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629334","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=629334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}