Aaron Glenn already sounds like every failed Jets coach after Week 2 disaster

It's Week 2. That's what I keep telling myself as a (somewhat deranged) New York Jets fan. It's only Week 2. But despite it being early, it's hard not to react when trends of the past begin to rear their ugly head. Aaron Glenn is slowly beginning to take the lead of former Jets head coaches, and that is never a path you want to travel down.

We all watched the Jets' 30-10 beatdown by the Bills. It was actually far worse than the score even indicates. It doesn't take much dissection to assess the fact that every single unit played poorly. Anyone watching their first football game in their life could tell you that everyone on the white team was better than everyone on the green team.

But for the second straight week, Aaron Glenn is acting as though his analysis of the film tells a different story than all of our eyes. When asked about the team's performance, Glenn consistently referred back to the same answer.

"I have to watch the tape."

Aaron Glenn

He went back to the well several times. So much so that I think I'm going to hear "I have to watch the tape" in my nightmares tonight. However, aside from being repetitive, it's also reminiscent of failed coaches of the Jets' past.

Aaron Glenn doesn't have to watch the tape to know this was a Jets disgrace

Again, 30-10 is a generous score line. The game really felt more like 65-0. The Bills dominated every facet. The Jets were out of it before the second half even started.

While Glenn acknowledged that it's "not ok" to play so poorly, he also refused to call a spade a spade. Justin Fields was really bad. The defense was really bad. But Glenn refused to directly acknowledge the failures several times.

It was starting to feel different with Glenn as coach. The last time it felt like there was proper accountability for losing was with Rex Ryan. That was the last time it felt like the team was held to the highest standard possible.

If Ryan were at the press conference, he would likely say something along the lines of, "This was a complete failure by every single unit. No question. And it starts and ends with me."

Instead, we have Glenn saying that he "apparently" didn't adequately prepare the team. No, you didn't prepare the team. No qualifiers necessary.

Now, I'm not saying that it isn't still different with Glenn. One bad game and one poorly handled press conference do not wipe out all of the good mojo he's brought the franchise all offseason. He certainly gets a longer rope than this. But, until about a week ago, he was the apple of our eye. Aaron Glenn could do no wrong.

While I'm obviously exaggerating the point for effect (that's partially my job), we have indeed seen a slight shift in his Q Score among Jets fans. I could imagine Adam Gase or Robert Saleh deflecting specific questions like this — poor leadership was a staple of their tenures.

And I don't really even remember Todd Bowles speaking during his time in New York, so I have no idea what he would say. My point is, while it's early, it feels familiar. I don't think the sentiment of the above tweet is accurate (though it is very funny), but we are in the very early stages of it becoming true.

Brandon Stephens was horrible last week. Full-stop. You don't need tape to tell you that, and if you claim it tells you otherwise, you're insulting the intelligence of everyone who watched the game.

And the entire team was horrible this week. We don't have to wait for you to get into the lab and break down the All-22. Everyone, from Sauce Gardner to Michael Clemons to Justin Fields, was bad. That's all you have to say.

We can't expect a rookie head coach to be a pro with the media after just two games. But, as we all know, this isn't Glenn's first time wearing green and white in East Rutherford. He's been here before.

He needs to remember that the fans and media in this town will turn on you as fast as you can say, "I have to watch the tape."

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