The New York Jets have not played a regular season game in 2026, but Aaron Glenn’s hot seat is already drawing enough heat to make August feel like November.
PFN’s Matt Infante and fantasy analyst Jason Katz unloaded on the second-year head coach over the weekend. One questioned Glenn’s credibility, while the other predicted the Jets could make a coaching change before Thanksgiving.
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“Of course, Aaron Glenn is a clown (especially in his dealings with the media). So I wouldn’t trust him at all,” Infante wrote on X in response to Glenn providing an injury update on Breece Hall.
Hall suffered a non-contact injury earlier in practice, but it was deemed to be a strained groin.
Of course, Aaron Glenn is a clown (especially in his dealings with the media). So I wouldn’t trust him at all. https://t.co/ZPJDdRpFzs
— Matt Infante (@MattInfante) August 17, 2026
The criticism for Glenn arrives after a turbulent first season for Glenn. New York finished 3-14 in 2025, tying for the NFL’s worst record. The defense also became the first team in league history to go an entire 17-game season without recording an interception.
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The numbers were not prettier in PFN’s proprietary evaluation. New York finished 30th with a 59.7 PFN Defense Impact score. That is a difficult calling card for a head coach who built his reputation on that side of the ball.
Glenn responded by overhauling his staff. Frank Reich replaced Tanner Engstrand as offensive coordinator, Brian Duker became defensive coordinator, and Glenn took over defensive play-calling himself.
The Jets opened the preseason Friday with a 24-16 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. There were positive signs early, including two scoring drives led by rookie Cade Klubnik and two stops from the starting defense, but the reserves surrendered the lead in the preseason opener.
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One exhibition loss hardly settles Glenn’s future. Katz, however, is already willing to put a date on it.
“Glenn won’t be coaching this team by November,” Katz wrote on X. He called New York bringing Glenn back “one of the most incomprehensible front office decisions in recent history” and labeled him “the far and away worst head coach in the NFL.”
Glenn won’t be coaching this team by November and we will reflect on the Jets bringing him back as one of the most incomprehensible front office decisions in recent history. Guy sits alone on an island miles from shore as the far and away worst head coach in the NFL. https://t.co/ttZj2pz5C4
— Katz (@jasonkatz13) August 17, 2026
That is a brutal forecast for a coach entering only Year 2, but Glenn was already included among PFN’s five coaches on the hot seat before the preseason began.
New York’s roster also remains more of a rebuild than a finished product. The Jets traded Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams last season, then entered 2026 with Geno Smith at quarterback and multiple young players expected to carry major roles.
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That context could buy Glenn patience. Another season that looks anything like 2025 could burn through it quickly.
The Jets do have pieces worth watching. No. 2 overall pick David Bailey gives Glenn a potentially disruptive pass rusher, while Minkah Fitzpatrick and Demario Davis were added to a defense desperate for stability. Klubnik also impressed in his first preseason action.
Glenn does not need August approval ratings. He needs evidence that last season was the beginning of a rebuild rather than a preview of what comes next.
Infante and Katz are not waiting. The regular season has not started, and one of them already has November circled for a very different reason.
