Head Coaching Candidate: Aaron Glenn

Edition #777

☀️ Good morning! ☕

Monday was a little bit of a whirlwind with so many interview requests being submitted by the Jets, but I will say that it showed preparation and planning, something that we don’t always associate with the Jets.

If the interviewees current employer has a first round bye then they are free to interview this week, so someone like Mike Borgonzi from the Chiefs for GM and who we’re talking about today, Aaron Glenn from the Detroit Lions.

But a lot of the names on the list are in action this weekend on wild-card weekend, so we’ll need to wait and see on those names. It’s why we’re focusing on Glenn today.

• The Jets completed an interview with former Head Coach Rex Ryan yesterday for their vacant HC position. Just a reminder that Rex has not coached in the league since 2016 and his last winning season came in 2010 and overall he holds a 65-68 record as a Head Coach including the post-season.

• Jets requested permission to interview Bills assistant GM Brian Gaine for their GM job according to Adam Schefter.

• Jets plan to interview Packers VP of player personnel Jon-Eric Sullivan. Sullivan joined Packers organization in 2004 and worked his way up, promoted to VP in 2022. This according to Jeremy Fowler.

• The Jacksonville Jaguars are going to interview Robert Saleh for their vacant Head Coach position.

• The Jets submitted an interview request for Saints interim coach Darren Rizzi who went 3-5 in charge of New Orleans this year. The 54-year-old was born in Hillsdale, New Jersey and was the special teams coordinator for Miami between 2010-2016.

• Brian Flores has confirmed that he will interview with any and all teams who requested one. The Jets are one of those teams to be interested and he’s close to the top of my personal list.

• ESPN had a mock draft out this week and I’m including it here because I like the selection for the Jets 😂 - Mason Graham, DT, Michigan*

  “The Jets enter this offseason with plenty of holes on the roster after being arguably the most disappointing team of the 2024 season. The lack of depth along the defensive front was exposed all season, and Graham would help fortify it. He makes a lot of sense to pair with Quinnen Williams on the interior. Graham is a stout and disruptive force inside against the run and also in the pass rush. His 19 pressures ranked in the top 20 among FBS defensive tackles.”

It’s hard to know what to believe at this time of year, the coaching cycle rumours are only slightly more reliable than the draft cycle rumours.

However, multiple people have “reported” that Aaron Glenn holds a strong interest in taking over the Head Coaching job in New York, and the interest is mutual.

It makes sense to start with Aaron Glenn as a player. The Humble Texas native played his college ball at Texas A&M after dominating the community college scene at Navarro College. As a sophomore he recorded 2 interceptions, 60 tackles, and 15 pass deflections, which brought the Aggies calling.