Aaron Glenn isn't buying this narrative about Justin Fields and the Jets offense

A lot has gone wrong this season for the New York Jets as they remain the only winless team in the NFL at 0-5 on the season. Through these first five games, a lot has gone wrong for the Jets in all phases of the game.

One of the biggest issues with the Jets this season has been slow starts on both sides of the football. New York has given up points on the opening drive in every game and has only scored one touchdown in the first half, which came in week one against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

As the season has gone on, there has been a popular Jets narrative about the offense and its late-game success. While the common notion has been that the Jets' offense is taking advantage of garbage time, head coach Aaron Glenn doesn't believe in that sentiment.

"I understand from the outside that people want to say we're getting yards because teams are (letting us). No. Teams play in this league. Nobody wants to just give up yards. I do think we get into a situation where we start to get in a groove, and that's any quarterback. Justin has been getting in a groove in those situations. I have no issues with where we're at in the passing game. "

Aaron Glenn

The difference in the Jets' offense in the first half as opposed to the second half when trailing is glaring.

Aaron Glenn defends Justin Fields and the Jets' offense

Are the Jets garbage time merchants? Yes. Justin Fields and the Jets offense have been very misleading this season. When gauging by the eye test and the numbers, New York is the quintessential example of a garbage-time offense.

Over the last four games, the Jets have scored their first offensive touchdown when they are trailing by an average of 20 points. From Buffalo to Dallas last week, the scores at the time of the Jets' first touchdown were 30-3, 23-6, 17-3, and on Sunday, 30-6. That's a combined 100-18, which is an 82-point difference.

New York has also only led once when entering the fourth quarter, which came against the Steelers. On average, the Jets have entered the fourth quarter trailing by a combined score of 114-52, which averages out to trailing by 13 points when entering the fourth quarter in all five games combined this season.

When looking at Justin Fields, his numbers reflect this trend as well through five weeks of the 2025 season. 32% of Fields' yards and 75% of his touchdowns have come in the fourth quarter.

When looking at this past week against the Cowboys, Fields saw 50% of his completions, 46% of his yards, and both of his touchdown passes came when the game was out of hand.

It's not just the numbers that back up this point it has also been the eye test. Early in games this season, the Jets have suffered back-breaking penalties and turnovers that have plagued promising drives.

For Fields himself, he has had a handful of misfires to open receivers and moments where the fifth-year signal caller has held onto the football for too long, taking unnecessary sacks.

Aaron Glenn can deny this narrative all he wants, but the reality is that for fans who have watched this team so far this season, everyone can see they are garbage-time merchants. Until this offense starts faster and this team starts winning games, this narrative will continue, as it should.