{"id":661330,"date":"2026-01-07T14:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T14:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/661330\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T14:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T14:36:12","slug":"aaron-glenn-teases-what-he-wants-in-next-jets-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/661330\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Glenn teases what he wants in next Jets DC"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Jets head coach Aaron Glenn has plenty of decisions to make this offseason. <\/p>\n

After a dismal first season that saw the organization go 3-14, patience has run out on the former Pro Bowl cornerback. His offense was among the worst in the league, his defense was even worse, and one of his top assistant coaching hires did not last to the end of the season.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters<\/a> on Tuesday following the conclusion of the 2025 season, Glenn announced that he would be reviewing his own staff over the next few days.<\/p>\n

The lone known change will come at defensive coordinator\/play-caller, where the Jets have a vacancy after firing Steve Wilks. Glenn has a plan for the role that is a bit different than the one that led him to Wilks.<\/p>\n

Jets have plan for new defensive coordinator<\/p>\n

Glenn tabbed Wilks in part because of his prior experience as a play-caller and head coach. That kind of experience was valuable for a first-timer like Glenn.<\/p>\n

But the value didn\u2019t last long. Wilks only lasted through Dec. 15. An abysmal run of defensive performances prompted Glenn to decide that he\u2019d seen enough.<\/p>\n

The writing was on the wall early in 2025. Wilks\u2019 zone-coverage schematics didn\u2019t exactly fit with Aaron Glenn\u2019s man-heavy philosophies<\/a>, and it was noticeable from the very first game.<\/p>\n

Now, in a do-or-die season with his head coaching career on the line, Glenn wants a coordinator who fits what he wants to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like to be aggressive,\u201d Glenn said. \u201cI want to make sure that whoever the guy that we do have in, there\u2019s a lot of synergy between that coach and me. And I\u2019m not saying there wasn\u2019t synergy between me and (Steve) Wilks, it\u2019s just I want to make sure, as I go through this process, that that\u2019s a step that I don\u2019t miss.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to make sure that it\u2019s collaborative between all of us, and we just want to get the best guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are many defensive coordinators who play a man-heavy approach on the defensive side of the ball. Others have a strong penchant for zone coverages. At the end of the day, Glenn doesn\u2019t want to mix and match opposing philosophies again.<\/p>\n

Coaches like Michigan defensive coordinator Wink Martindale, former Atlanta Falcons head coach Raheem Morris, and Denver Broncos passing game coordinator Jim Leonhard are all natural fits for the defense Glenn wants to run. <\/p>\n

With a coordinator who holds a shared philosophy, Glenn and general manager Darren Mougey can focus on bringing in players who fit one particular vision.<\/p>\n

It could be the difference that allows the Jets to field a far more respectable unit in 2026.<\/p>\n

Reporting from the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center in Florham Park, NJ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York Jets head coach Aaron Glenn has plenty of decisions to make this offseason. After a dismal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[1585,1469,7,3228,226,1917,255,2321,2097,6,4403,3231,3916,3234,22352],"class_list":{"0":"post-661330","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-darren-mougey","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-free-content","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-news","20":"tag-ny-jets-players","21":"tag-standard","22":"tag-steve-wilks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115854323593831530","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661330","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=661330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}