Jets' new coach Aaron Glenn delivers fiery message to NFL: 'Weβre built for this s---'
Aaron Glenn, the New York Jetsβ newest head coach, brought electricity to his introductory press conference on Monday as heβs set to lead the franchise on the sideline for the next few years.
Glenn was hired after he spent time as a defensive coordinator with the Detroit Lions. Despite a ton of injuries to the Lionsβ defense this season, the team still managed to win the NFC North and earn the No. 1 seed in the playoffs before getting upset by the Washington Commanders.
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He is the Jetsβ fourth head coach following the departure of Rex Ryan after the 2014 season. Ryanβs Jets were the last iteration of the team to earn a playoff spot. Todd Bowles, Adam Gase and Robert Saleh have since come and gone with only one season finishing over .500 β in 2015.
Glenn has a certain experience the previous field generals donβt have β he played for them.
Glenn starred as a Jets cornerback from 1994 to 2001. He was a Pro Bowler twice in that span. He also played for the Houston Texans, Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars and New Orleans Saints before he retired after the 2008 season.
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"Put your seatbelts on and get ready for the ride. Listen, there are gonna be some challenges, but with challenges gets opportunity. Hereβs what I do know. Weβre the freakinβ New York Jets and weβre built for this s---," Glenn said, via the New York Post.
"I wanted this job. I interviewed for a number of them, but I wanted this job," he added. "β¦ I didnβt want to leave the building without shaking Woody [Johnsonβs] hand and making sure we had a contract. So Iβm just telling you now, everything else was already out of it. It was all about the Jets and itβs been that way from the beginning."
The fiery message now has to be backed up on the field.
Glenn and the front office will have to determine whether to bring back Aaron Rodgers and if theyβre going to put Garrett Wilson on the trade block. Davante Adams has also floated the idea of playing elsewhere after New York acquired him from the Las Vegas Raiders.
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