Aaron Glenn proves he has no clue with absurd explanation for Jets decision

It's been a disastrous 48 hours for Aaron Glenn. The first-year New York Jets head coach has repeatedly stuck his foot in his mouth when discussing his team's ugly 13-11 loss to the Denver Broncos in Week 6.

From his blind defense of Justin Fields to his mockery of reporters and bizarre excuse for his end-of-half mismanagement, Glenn has faced plenty of well-deserved criticism in recent days.

But while all of those quotes were embarrassing in their own right, they pale in comparison to what he said when asked about his decision to forgo a potential game-winning field goal attempt in the final seconds of Sunday's loss.

Facing a 4th-and-8 at Denver's 44-yard line with a little over a minute to play, Glenn opted to keep his offense on the field to attempt to convert the first down instead of trotting Nick Folk out for a field goal.

The decision itself isn’t necessarily egregious, although the Jets almost certainly had a better chance of making the kick than converting on fourth down, given their offensive ineptitude.

Instead, it was Glenn's baffling and concerning explanation after the game that raised serious red flags about his ability to be a head coach at the NFL level.

Jets fans are baffled by Aaron Glenn's asinine explanation for Week 6 decision

Glenn was asked by reporters about his decision after the game, and he defended his choice in the most confusing way possible. Glenn insisted that he never considered attempting a 65 or 68-yard field goal, implying that it was out of Folk's range.

That would be a fine response if it were even remotely correct. The field goal, had the Jets attempted it, would have been from 61 yards out. That's a full 4-7 yards shorter than Glenn seemingly thought it was.

It would have been a career-long for Folk, but not by very much. The longtime NFL kicker just made a 58-yarder against the Miami Dolphins two weeks earlier. It's reasonable that he would have at least had a chance on a 61-yard field goal.

NFL teams typically establish a clear range for their kickers before each game. Glenn’s defenders might argue that the Jets set that limit around 58 yards and decided anything beyond it wasn’t worth attempting.

But that argument quickly falls apart when you hear the rest of Glenn's quote. The first-year head coach insisted that the Jets' target line for the drive was the 35-yard line. That's a 52-yard field goal.

Every single kicker in the NFL can make a field goal longer than 52 yards these days. In fact, five of Folk's nine field goals this season have come from 50+, and he even made a 52-yarder earlier in the game.

This isn’t 1995 anymore. NFL kickers routinely hit from 55 to 60 yards every week. It’s not just indefensible — it’s downright concerning that Glenn approached that late-game situation with such a nonsensical plan.

So not only was Glenn completely unaware of the yard line the Jets were actually on, by his own postgame admission, but he also seemed to have no grasp of his kicker’s true range. That's the kind of fundamental oversight that perfectly encapsulates the chaos of his coaching tenure so far.

Aaron Glenn is just six games into his head coaching career. The vast majority of the fanbase is desperate to see him improve on the job and succeed with the organization.

Maybe that happens — hopefully it does. But right now, Glenn has a legitimate claim to the title of worst head coach in the NFL. He’s completely in over his head, and his late-game management on Sunday is all the proof you need.