Here's where my disconnect sits. Respected NFL people, not 2 years ago, were talking about how talented the Jets roster was. Entire roster. Not just Hall, Wilson, Q, Gardner and a couple others. ROSTER. This argument that Glenn had nothing to work with this year is bullshit. Many of these players we considered ascending or, at the very least, GOOD NFL caliber players. Some were even saying such things at the end of last year even after the firing of Saleh. What I do not understand is the argument of how bringing on Fields just clipped the defense. Ok, the offense was putrid. Well...this coaching staff didn't coach to the existing player's skill sets, which is what GOOD coaches do instead of trying to shoehorn their players into a system they aren't designed to run. It has been talked about, on constant repeat, that Fields was not used to his strengths and we all saw it. Considering Hall was and still is the BEST offensive player on the team, that kid should be closer to what McCaffrey and Bijon are doing. Not squeezing out a paltry 1,000 yd. season in game 16. That kid should be approaching over 2,000 yds. in total offense. But let's put Fields and all that on the back burner for now. Fields has got NOTHING to do with that defense. Wilks, long time DC in the NFL. Glenn was a pro bowl CB IN the NFL. Coupled with performing as a defensive coach of some flavor or variety on a few teams, last being DC in Detroit and this is the kind of shit they trot out? Implementing a system that, clearly, wasn't to anyone's strengths. Basically, outside of one or two players, the same group of men that were a SHELL of the 2024 unit. Do you really want to know what put the nail in Glenn's coaching coffin for me? It was Glenn throwing Wilks under the bus, right or wrong, and following that up with, "I intended to keep my hands off the defensive side of the ball." Ummm...YOU are the HEAD COACH! If you have knowledge, schemes, skills sets...whatever...and you just let your hand pick coordinator flail in the wind followed by "it wasn't me" comments. Boy howdy, good luck getting a head gig ever again...at any level! That's not how it's done. That is about 180 degrees AWAY from accountability as it gets. "Sorry team, I'm the Head Coach so I'm not going to put my $.02 in on the defensive game plan, scheme or execution, well, because it's Steve's job." Are you shitting me? I can't even begin to count how many times Head Coaches either take over or increase their input to "their side of the ball" when it's needed. Not this guy. Accountability 101 - no matter how BAD it is, you NEVER, publicly, throw your own people under the bus. It certainly gives me an understanding as to why it feels like he's lost that team. Lethargic, looking like they don't want to be on the field. Giving up on plays. The list goes on and on. Some of you may be O.K. with that bullshit but I'm not.
I know people, including dummy Woody point to QB as the reason for all problems, but you cannot argue with any sort of intelligence why the defense is so bad when you brought back 8 starters. And even QB, I mean Glenn wanted Fields. Now people say he is worse than Zac, but Pitts made the same offer we did and it was quadruple of what Zach got. Bob won 7 with Zach and was 2-3 with Rodgers last year before he got fired, and you bet your ass these two games were not won by STs. STs lost us games last year. Plus we had Taylor too. These are no excuses, there are just none for Glenn. But expect Woody to say we did not have a QB. Same exact shit he said when he didn't fire Bob after 2023, which cost us Vrabel. Two things can be true at the same time: we don't have a QB and the coach stinks. It literally just was two years ago!!! Woody is just so fucking dumb.
How about a New Year's resolution of less ranting and some constructive analysis beyond firing coaches? It would be easier to follow this site. See you guys in the spring.
