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- Lions
- Published: Jan. 04, 2026, 8:31 p.m.
Aaron Glenn’s debut play arsenic a caput coach pinch nan New York Jets was conscionable astir arsenic messy arsenic could be.
After departing from his domiciled arsenic protect coordinator of nan Detroit Lions, Glenn took complete a 5-12 Jets squad trying to get backmost to a affirmative grounds for nan first clip successful a decade.
Instead, nan Jets vanished 3-14 — tied for nan worst grounds successful nan NFL — and earned nan dubious grant of being nan first squad successful history to not grounds a azygous interception during a afloat season.
Since interceptions were first tracked by nan NFL successful 1933, nan lowest number for a squad successful a play was nan San Francisco 49ers successful 2018, pinch two. That 49ers squad vanished 4-12.
Now pinch a 17-game schedule, nan Jets go nan first franchise to ever spell without 1 aft ending a disappointing play connected Sunday pinch a 35-8 nonaccomplishment to a Mitchell Trubisky-led Buffalo Bills team.
Last season, nan Jets had 7 interceptions from 5 different players. Three of those players were not connected nan roster — including Lions information Jalen Mills — and prima cornerback Sauce Gardner was traded to nan Indianapolis Colts midseason.
It was a reliable autumn for Glenn, 53, aft starring a Detroit defense that was top-10 successful scoring and vanished sixth successful interceptions past season.
He fired protect coordinator Steve Wilks connected Dec. 15 and there’s nary connection yet if Glenn’s domiciled pinch nan squad is safe.
The Jets classed 31st successful scoring defense and 28th successful scoring offense, utilizing 4 different starting quarterbacks and opening nan play 0-7. New York didn’t precisely extremity connected a precocious note, either, arsenic they mislaid their last 5 games by an mean of 26.8 points.
Glenn, a erstwhile NFL cornerback, joined Lions coach Dan Campbell successful 2021 disconnected of nan aforesaid New Orleans Saints unit to overhaul nan franchise.
He served arsenic protect coordinator done 4 seasons, taking nan group from being classed 32nd successful nan convention to seventh successful scoring earlier getting his first head-coaching job.
The Lions and Jets are group to play successful 2026 astatine Ford Field.
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Jacob Richman is simply a sports newsman for MLive.com and covers pro and assemblage teams crossed Michigan. Before joining MLive, Jacob covered assemblage sports successful Texas astatine LoneStarLive.com pinch a attraction connected Texas A&M and...
