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One of the worst seasons in Jets history ended on January 4 with a blowout loss to the Buffalo Bills.
The Jets ended their season with five blowout losses, to Miami, Jacksonville, New Orleans, New England and Buffalo.
Five straight blowout losses!
Pretty rare on the NFL level.
The Buffalo Bills just fired their head coach following a 12-5 regular season record, after losing in the divisional round of the playoffs.
The Los Angeles Chargers fired their OC and OL coach after an 11-6 season and playoff appearance
The Philadelphia Eagles fired their OC after an 11-6 season and playoff appearance.
I’m not going to go over all the head coach and assistant coach changes around the league over the last couple of weeks, but the point is, you are seeing a lot of changes, even with teams that performed a lot better than the Jets, but nothing out of Florham Park so far.
That’s quite shocking, to be honest.
Are you saying that every football staffer needs to be evaluated for almost three weeks now, to make all the decisions, coming off a 3-14 season that ended with five blowout losses?
Jim Harbaugh determined immediately what he thought needed to be changed, and acted right after the season.
I really have no idea what is going on at 1 Jets Drive, but on a human level, I’m happy that nobody lost their job.
I have written this many, many times – I don’t fire people in print or on the air. I don’t believe in it. These are human beings with families and mortgages. It’s not a board game.
But it’s kind if strange that nothing has happened yet after such a dumpster fire season.
But Aaron Glenn is going to do what Aaron Glenn is going to do. He has all the power, the owner believes in his plan, and he’s going to do whatever he feels like.
He’s not answering you, he’s not answering to me, he’s answering to Woody Johnson, who truly believes in the coach and his vision.
However, the big point I want to make today about the lack of any change (that we are aware of) so far – maybe it’s the right way to go. Let me explain.
Maybe the roster was so bad that it is unfair to blame the coaches.
Remember what Brian “Baldy” Baldinger said late in the season: “Honestly, it’s not an NFL roster.”
And some might point to injuries for “Baldy” saying that, and to some degree, especially in the secondary, there is some validity to that.
But the issues go deeper than injuries.
The Jets had the same two starting linebackers most of the year – Quincy Williams and Jamien Sherwood – both had inconsistent seasons.
And this takes me to linebacker coach Aaron Curry. One of the greatest linebackers in college football history at Wake Forest (I’m not embellishing – one of the great linebackers in college football history), who came to the Jets after two years as Pittsburgh Steelers inside linebacker coach, do you think he doesn’t know how to coach linebackers?
Of course, he does, but I’m sorry, you can’t teach instincts, and Williams and Sherwood have issues related to coverage instincts. This was true under both the prior and current regimes. That is not Curry’s fault. And then Curry was forced to play rookie linebacker Kiko Mauigoa, who also lacked ideal coverage instincts. While the media is oblivious to this fact, Mauigoa, a great kid from American Samoa, tough as hell, was out of position too often in coverage when he was forced into action before he was ready.
Sorry – can’t blame Curry for these three players not having great coverage instincts. Curry was dealt a bad hand, as was defensive line coach Eric Washington.
Michael Clemons struggled getting off blocks and setting the edge under the old regime, and that continued with the new regime. Same with Will McDonald, who lacks of ideal size, made him a liability against the run under the former regime and now the current one. He should be a situational pass rusher, not a full-time end.
Washington has been a successful D-Line coach in the league for many years, with stops including Buffalo and Chicago. He knows what he’s doing.
So maybe Glenn is right for not giving some fans the pound of flesh they are looking for with staff firings, because the 2025 roster was rife with issues, and they have some heavy-lifting to do in 2026 to fix it.
“It looks like an expansion roster,” Baldinger said.
January 21, 2026
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