Aaron Glenn just proved this Jets regime isn’t like the ones before it

For the first time in nearly a decade, the New York Jets came out of their bye week and looked like a team that refused to fold. Sunday’s 27-20 win over the Cleveland Browns wasn’t pretty, far from it, but it was exactly the kind of gritty, disciplined performance Aaron Glenn has been preaching since the day he took over.

In years past, this is where the Jets would crumble. Under Robert Saleh or Adam Gase, emotional highs were almost always followed by crushing lows. Instead, this group stacked wins.

Two weeks after a 39-38 shootout win over the Cincinnati Bengals, the Jets found another way, this time through sheer resilience. They overcame dreadful quarterback play, traded two franchise stars midweek, and still found a way to win. That’s not luck or a fluke.

It might just be the start of the culture change Glenn has preached. For the second game in a row, the Jets won in the margins. They won on the back of excelling in the minor details of the sport.

Those are the kind of wins you want to see from his coaching staff moving forward. The quarterback stinks. The roster is flawed. But wins like this give people a reason to believe and buy into Glenn's vision.

This was a game the old Jets lose ten times out of ten. Justin Fields completed just 6-of-11 passes for 54 yards with a touchdown and an interception, 42 of those yards coming on a screen pass to Breece Hall.

Special teams carried the load, delivering two first-quarter touchdowns from Kene Nwangwu on a kickoff and Isaiah Williams on a punt return. Tanner Engstrand’s offense did just enough, Chris Banjo’s special teams dominated, and Aaron Glenn’s defense punished Cleveland’s rookie quarterback Dillon Gabriel with six sacks, including a four-sack day from Will McDonald.

When the Browns jumped offsides on the final play, handing the Jets the win, it felt like the football gods acknowledging a true cultural shift. The Jets didn’t flinch. They didn’t implode. They responded.

After trading away Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams, this could have been a mail-it-in game. Instead, it was a statement of sorts.

Glenn’s team has now won two straight, battled through adversity, and proved that for once, this football team doesn't have to fold coming out of a bye week.

There’s still a lot of football to be played. Narratives can and will change on a weekly basis. But the more the Jets stack positive results like this, the clearer it becomes that Glenn’s regime isn’t just talking about change — it’s creating it.