The New York Jets kicked off their season with an easy win against the Titans, but man, those good vibes vanished quicker than a free hot dog at the ballpark. Now, they’re riding a brutal three-game losing streak, and head coach Aaron Glenn is already pleading with his squad to “circle the wagons” as the specter of “history” threatens to crush them.
The Brutal Spiral Back to Earth
Talk about a gut punch. After that smooth opener, Week 2 saw them blow a lead in a painful home loss against the Packers. Then they dropped a close one in Detroit, which stings, but what happened Sunday? They got absolutely dismantled by the Bears in Chicago. You watch that kind of performance, and you can’t help but feel that all the dismal Jets seasons of the past are creeping back into the conversation. It’s early October, and the head coach is already getting hit with questions about the “roof caving in” on his team. Yikes.
Glenn’s Plea: “Don’t Think About History”
And Glenn, bless his heart, he knows what’s up. He basically admitted it’s a battle against their own past. “Well, that’s exactly it, we have too many people that want to think about history,” Glenn said, pulling no punches. He’s desperate to keep that noise out of his locker room. “Inside of that locker room, I want our guys not to think about history, because history is going to be brought up so much. And they get it from the outside, just beating down on history so much.” He knows the negativity is a real threat, and he’s putting the onus on his team to block it out. “We just have to circle the wagons and not let any of that come inside our locker room. We’ve been working our butts off to change that. But our guys know because everybody’s going to bring history in this. It brings so much negativity to us that we have to continue to be positive on what we’ve been doing. Improving on things, a”
It’s a tough spot for Glenn, trying to steer a ship away from a historical iceberg. The message is clear: focus on improvement, stay positive, and ignore the outside chatter that just wants to remind them of every past failure. Can they actually pull it off? Or will this three-game skid turn into something far, far worse?
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Originally reported by Pro Football Talk.
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