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I’m not going to lie, this exchange cracked me up.
It was between Rich Cimini and Aaron Glenn on Wednesday in regards to Woody Johnson’s less-than-flattering comments about Justin Fields on Tuesday.
Cimini: He was very critical of him?
Glenn: What did he say?
Cimini: He said he couldn’t complete a pass.
Glenn: Does that say he doesn’t like the quarterback?
There is almost like a “Who’s on First” comedic element to this back and forth, and I’m not poking fun at either man. None of this controversy was either of their faults.
But think about it, somebody says about a QB: “If we could just complete a pass, it would look good,” do you think he likes the QB?”
Last time we checked, completing passes is a big part of the QB’s job.
I’m sorry, I just find this exchange very funny.
But once again, I’m not making fun of Cimini for asking the question, or Glenn for deflecting.
Cimini was doing his job, and what did you want Glenn to do, criticize his boss publicly?
But yes, if the owner doesn’t think the QB is very good at completing passes, he probably doesn’t like the QB as a player – LOL . . .
If there is one silver lining for Jets fans with all that went on this week, it is that it was made abundantly clear that Aaron Glenn is going to make the football decisions.
Woody said it, and Aaron said it.
Now, you could make the argument that some of the decisions Aaron has made so far, like at backup defensive end, have not been the best, but still, he’s a football man, through and through, who has been around the league as a player, scout, assistant coach, and head coach for around 30 years.
It was very clear over the last couple of years that Woody Johnson was very involved in football decisions.
When Christopher Johnson was filling in for Woody while he was on assignment overseas, Christopher took when he described as a “soft” touch with his football people. In other words, let them do their job with little interference.
A league source told me that Christopher was going to try to convince Woody to do the same thing, but the convincing didn’t seem to work.
But now, with Glenn in place, reading the tea leaves, I truly believe, Woody is letting Aaron make the football decisions.
Woody’s comments at the league meeting, perhaps weren’t ideal, but it really wasn’t a case of meddling.
In fact, in his own way, he was trying to support his new coach by saying, Glenn’s fine, he just needs a QB.
We all know the slight hole in that argument. Glenn picked the QB, so making him a victim is like somebody making an orphan a victim after offing his parents.
However, even if there were holes in the argument, Woody, in his own way, was saying, “If you get this coach a QB, he will be fine.”
Maybe somebody like Alabama’s Ty Simpson in the first round next year. As you guys can tell, I love Ty Simpson as a player . . .
There is a lot of talk around these parts about how the Jets turned their defense around over the last couple of weeks, giving up just 13 points in losses to Denver and Carolina.
No doubt the unit played better over the last couple of weeks than it had in the first five weeks, but buyer beware on this one.
Bo Nix and Bryce Young are not great quarterbacks.
I know you can only play who’s on the schedule, but I’m not sure what we saw the last couple of weeks was a defensive renaissance.
Still saw some issues the last couple of weeks, like a blown coverage on a wide-open TD pass to Denver’s Nate Adkins, and then last week, Carolina consistently took the edge on running plays.
Let’s see what they do against Joe Flacco, Ja’mar Chase, Tee Higgins and Chase Brown in Cincinnati this week.
Not looking to be negative – just keeping it real.
And this is one of the reasons you gotta take football analytics with a grain of salt. Football is a game of matchups. Every week, the opponent presents different personnel and challenges, so some of these metrics that are presented can be very misleading.
Long-time college basketball coach Frank Martin, a big football fan, said a couple of years ago:
“This is where analytics and I get sideways – if I were the QB, analytics on defense would look pretty darn good,” Martin said. “If Tom Brady is the QB, analytics aren’t going to look real good defensively. You don’t control the human being in front of you. Good luck blocking Aaron Donald with analytics – different than blocking a guy who was just called up from the [practice squad].”
So before we say the Jets’ defense has fixed its issues, let’s see how they perform against an opponent that just scored 33 points against the Steelers.
October 23, 2025
