Aaron Glenn doubles down on end-of-half mistake vs. Dolphins

The New York Jets' end-of-half sequences have been a major issue for Aaron Glenn. It's been well documented that the Jets have now been outscored 107-6 in the final two minutes of halves during the AG era.

In the Jets' 28-25 loss to the Miami Dolphins, we saw yet another nightmare finish to the first half, allowing the Jets' opponent to drain the clock and score a touchdown in the process.

To make matters worse, Glenn defended his decision-making process at his Monday morning press conference.

Aaron Glenn doubles down on game management mistake

The Jets punted back to the Dolphins with 8:51 left in the second quarter. It was actually a fantastic Austin McNamara punt that pinned Miami at their own nine-yard line. With three timeouts in his back pocket, Glenn's defense just had to get a stop and have a chance to tie up the game before the end of the half.

That didn't happen. Instead, the Jets let Miami march down the field on a 15-play, 91-yard touchdown that used up 8:38 of the remaining half. To make matters worse, Glenn took all three timeouts into the half. So not only did the defense let the Dolphins march down the field to go up by 14, but they also didn't attempt to stop the clock and get a chance to score before going into halftime.

The answer Glenn gave was that the Dolphins could've gotten a first down, milked the entire clock anyway, and still scored. I mean, sure, that could've happened, but we will never know because Glenn didn't give his team a chance to get the ball back.

X user, Ryan Paganetti, a Super Bowl winner who spent time with the Eagles in their analytics department explained how the Jets could've managed the clock better and gotten the ball back with a chance to go score.

Paganetti explains a scenario where the Jets utilize all three timeouts, and the Jets get the ball back with 49 seconds left. Yes, Miami would still have scored a touchdown in this scenario, and there isn't a ton of time left for the Jets, but 49 seconds to try to get into field goal range for points is plenty of time with the modern kickoff rules.

The point that keeps coming back to me is the Jets being put in these situations week after week where they are at a disadvantage because of coaching. Whether it's Glenn, Frank Reich, or anyone else on the staff, it's now been an issue for two years in a row.

24 games is a large enough sample size to see that this isn't getting better anytime soon. Game management was the biggest criticism coming off the 2025 season, and there hasn't been any indication of that improving through the Jets' seven games in 2026.

Unfortunately, what we see here is just another example on an already long list of examples of poor coaching.

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