Jets: Glenn furious after loss to Dolphins; 0-4 and critical errors

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – After witnessing sixty minutes of lackluster American football, New York Jets coach Aaron Glenn erupted at his team with a reprimand that echoed in the adjacent press room. The Jets fell to a 0-4 record after losing 27-21 to the Miami Dolphins on Monday night at Hard Rock Stadium. This result was marked by three turnovers and thirteen penalties, generating frustration on all fronts.

Glenn: Frustration over Punishments and Losses

Glenn’s harsh criticism focused on the punishments and turnovers, according to the players. Wide receiver Garrett Wilson expressed his feelings:

It’s obvious, but it needs to be said because we’re still not doing it right. We talk about it and talk about it. Limiting penalties is the first thing we mention in the locker room, so let’s fix it next week. If we don’t fix it next week, it’s ridiculous.

Garrett Wilson

A 0-4 start to the season isn’t unusual for the Jets, as it happened in 2020, but Glenn finds himself in a select group of coaches who have experienced similar struggles. He joins Adams Gase (2019) and Lou Holtz (1976) as the only coaches to begin their Jets careers with four straight losses. The Jets’ next challenge will be to face the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. Cornerback Sauce Gardner, drafted the same year as Wilson (2022), faces the possibility of a fourth consecutive losing season. Frustration was evident on his face as he spoke in a somber locker room.

It’s extremely shocking. I want to win. Period. Obviously, when I was younger, entering the league, I was like… we, Garrett, the young guys, have to do our job. Now we’re talking about Year 4.

Sauce Gardner

Party Development: A Promising Start and a Disaster

After competitive defeats against the Pittsburgh Steelers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Jets were confident against a Dolphins team that hadn’t won. They started promisingly, advancing 81 yards (mainly on the ground) on their first possession. However, the situation changed drastically. In a first and goal from Miami’s 6-yard line, running back Braelon Allen lost a fumble at the 1-yard line, becoming the first player this season to fumble in a goal-line situation. It was his first fumble in 20 games; his night ended early. Later, he suffered a possible serious knee injury. Quarterback Justin Fields also lost a fumble on the second possession, making the Jets the first team since 2020 to lose fumbles on their first two drives of a game. Isaiah Williams completed the streak, losing a fumble on a kickoff. The Dolphins turned these turnovers into 14 points.

Very disappointing, very disappointing. There’s no way to win a game with 13 penalties and three turnovers. It just can’t happen.

Glenn

Both teams began the night without any ball recoveries. The Jets finished the night without any, becoming the fifth team in the last 90 years to start 0-4 without recoveries, according to data. When Glenn took over as coach, he vowed to eliminate the team’s persistent penalty problem. On Monday night, they suffered nine offensive penalties, tying for their second-most in a game in the last 25 years. Five of them occurred before the start of the game. Despite promising moments in the running game, with 197 yards, including 81 on Fields’ runs, the rest of the offense was uncoordinated and prone to penalties. Fields completed 20 of 27 passes for 226 yards and a touchdown, most of which came in the final quarter, in a comeback attempt.

Last week was a game we had to win. The fact that we played the way we did, this becomes a game we absolutely have to win [against Dallas]. We have to fix it. At the end of the day, what do you want your legacy to be? When I look back on my time… we have to go now. We have to have it this week.

Garrett Wilson

Glenn stated that he was aware that rebuilding a losing team would be a difficult challenge. He insisted that he would not give up.

My confidence is not going to diminish, not even a little. We are not going to waver on the things we have been talking about, on how we have to win games. We just have to do a better job of doing those things. So yes, it was going to be difficult. I understand that, and we are going to keep working to change this.

Glenn