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Aaron Glenn, the New York Jets’ newest caput coach, brought energy to his introductory property league connected Monday arsenic he’s acceptable to pb the franchise connected the sideline for the adjacent fewer years.
Glenn was hired aft helium spent clip arsenic a antiaircraft coordinator with the Detroit Lions. Despite a ton of injuries to the Lions’ defence this season, the squad inactive managed to triumph the NFC North and gain the No. 1 effect successful the playoffs earlier getting upset by the Washington Commanders.
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He is the Jets’ 4th caput manager pursuing the departure of Rex Ryan aft the 2014 season. Ryan’s Jets were the past iteration of the squad to gain a playoff spot. Todd Bowles, Adam Gase and Robert Saleh person since travel and gone with lone 1 play finishing implicit .500 — successful 2015.
Glenn has a definite acquisition the erstwhile tract generals don’t person — helium played for them.
Glenn starred arsenic a Jets cornerback from 1994 to 2001. He was a Pro Bowler doubly successful that span. He besides played for the Houston Texans, Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars and New Orleans Saints earlier helium retired aft the 2008 season.
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"Put your seatbelts connected and get acceptable for the ride. Listen, determination are gonna beryllium immoderate challenges, but with challenges gets opportunity. Here’s what I bash know. We’re the freakin’ New York Jets and we’re built for this s---," Glenn said, via the New York Post.
"I wanted this job. I interviewed for a fig of them, but I wanted this job," helium added. "… I didn’t privation to permission the gathering without shaking Woody [Johnson’s] manus and making definite we had a contract. So I’m conscionable telling you now, everything other was already retired of it. It was each astir the Jets and it’s been that mode from the beginning."
The fiery connection present has to beryllium backed up connected the field.
Glenn and the beforehand bureau volition person to find whether to bring backmost Aaron Rodgers and if they’re going to enactment Garrett Wilson connected the commercialized block. Davante Adams has besides floated the thought of playing elsewhere aft New York acquired him from the Las Vegas Raiders.
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