6 honest takeaways as Jets lose must-win game vs. tanking Dolphins team

The New York Jets' humiliating 28-25 loss to a previously winless Miami Dolphins team was the type of game Aaron Glenn could not afford to lose. With his defense fresh off getting smashed by a team averaging 14 points per game coming into this game, his tenure as Jets coach may be coming to an end.

The Jets are right back to the same spot they've been in past, noxiously bad seasons. There is some talent on this roster, but poor coaching and situational football have ruined it once again.

This is the lowest point of the Aaron Glenn era, and the Jets need to make some major changes to prevent things from getting any worse than they already are.

6 instant takeaways after New York Jets humiliate themselves with loss to winless Dolphins

1. Aaron Glenn is just about done

The only week in which the Jets have seemingly had the schematic and/or coaching advantage was Week 1, coincidentally against Robert Saleh. Bobby Slowik is by no means a Ben Johnson or Josh McDaniels-level offensive mind, and he had Glenn and the Jets completely befuddled for most of the game. Almost a year and a half into his Jets career, Glenn gets outcoached on an almost weekly basis.

Glenn is on the thinnest ice in the league right now, and if your personal ice shelf has cracked after this game, that is by no means unreasonable. This was a nightmarish showing.

2. Harrison Phillips is officially washed

Phillips, who needs to play more in the wake of T'Vondre Sweat's injury, is looking less like a veteran run-stuffer with pass-rush deficiencies and more like someone who shouldn't even be on the field. Darrell Jackson Jr. hasn't been setting the world on fire, but there's a night-and-day difference when he is on the field.

The Jets should look to trade Phillips at the deadline, should some team still believe they can get something out of him.

3. The Garrett Wilson target discourse brigade was right this week

Wilson entered the fourth quarter with just one catch for seven yards and finished with two catches for 26 yards against an incredibly weak and beatable Dolphins secondary. Frank Reich wants to spread the ball around, and the Jets have weapons worth spreading it to, but Wilson can't be this limited.

No wonder he was giving Geno Smith, who had an up-and-down day at the office, an earful on the sideline. Wilson was invisible for far too long.

4. Omar Cooper Jr. is the team's No. 2 pass-catching target

In what was practically his first game in the NFL after playing in just one drive in Week 1, Cooper tallied 103 yards and a receiving touchdown on the road against the New England Patriots. What was his second act? How about 115 yards, most of which came on two chunk plays deep down the field, and a second touchdown?

Adonai Mitchell may have lost his WR2 after being Wally Pipp'd by Cooper, who has started his second season off hotter than anyone could have expected.

5. It's getting scary for D'Angelo Ponds

Rookie struggles are one thing. If anything, they are to be expected to some degree. Ponds, who was given a longer leash after Jarvis Brownlee Jr. was named a healthy scratch, committed a penalty in the red zone and often found himself the target of Malik Willis' passing attack.

Ponds needs to show that his physical limitations won't keep him from a successful start to life in the pros.

6. Frank Reich is almost as responsible as Aaron Glenn

Even with two red-zone touchdowns in this game, and multiple scores being thrown away due to a Jason Sanders missed field goal and a red-zone interception from Geno Smith, this was yet another example of the problems that have plagued him all season long.

With poor short-yardage play-calling, stalling out in got-to-have-it situations, and prioritizing role players over standouts like Wilson and others, Reich's inadaptability has been painful.

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