Jets fans won't like Aaron Glenn's ridiculous blind defense of Steve Wilks

It's hard to know what to say at this point. Every week, the New York Jets find a new way to humiliate themselves. You can only say "they're bad" so many times. There's really no other way to put it, though. It's been ugly from start to finish.

What wasn't expected was the abject mismanagement of Aaron Glenn's message. Every time he steps to the podium at a moment that calls for him to take accountability for his team, he throws up in his own mouth instead.

When asked about the abomination that has been the defense and how defensive coordinator Steve Wilks has engineered it, he shoved his foot in his mouth (something he's elite at).

Apparently, Wilks is still learning on the job, like Glenn was in his first season running the defense in Detroit. The only problem with that is that StevWilks is far from a first-time coordinator.

He was literally an NFL head coach. The idea that we have to be "patient" with him is insulting, and the fact that Glenn had the audacity to say something like this is baffling. What is going on in Glenn's mind is totally beyond me. Your guess is as good as mine.

Aaron Glenn will let the ship burn down before acknowledging something's wrong

On Sunday, the Jets' defense allowed 37 points on 416 total yards in a 37-22 loss. This included an average of 7.1 yards per play and 6.2 yards per rush.

Dak Prescott had a field day with four touchdowns and no interceptions, and 237 yards passing. Javonte Williams averaged 8.4 yards per carry on 16 attempts. It was his first game cracking 100 yards all season.

Sauce Gardner didn't look good, again. The defense allowed a constant flow of ball movement, somehow losing the time of possession battle while getting throttled on the scoreboard.

There was no resistance. It was a microcosm of every Jets defensive game so far this year. Nothing is changing, nothing is improving, and there is no solution in sight.

I don't expect Aaron Glenn to stand up in front of the media and slander his coordinator. I don't expect him to stand up in front of the media with answers that don't exist. I don't expect him to stand up in front of the media and diagnose exactly what could've been done differently just moments after a loss.

But I expect common-sense messaging. I expect accountability. It's ok if he doesn't want to fire Wilks right at the podium. But please god, at least acknowledge just how bad it's been.

Acknowledge that Wilks needs to be better, and soon, for this to work. Acknowledge that this misery can't be chalked up to a process. No one expected it to be good. That doesn't mean it's ok that it's this bad.

The media can harp on messaging too much. Some of the greatest coaches ever have struggled with it. However, when your team is this bad, and you already have a history working in this market, I expect at least halfway decent rhetoric.

What coaches say matters. Everything Glenn has said has been horrible. Does that account for Sauce Gardner, Micheal Clemons, and others' lack of accountability? I don't know. But I know it hasn't helped.

Steve Wilks has been around the NFL for years now. He has been a coordinator. He has been a head coach. He does not get the benefit of the doubt for starts like this. If you want to show patience, fine. But don't use yourself as an example when the context doesn't fit.

Aaron Glenn says he won’t engage in the “negative” media stuff. I’m not sure what that even means, but what I do know is that he’s completely in over his head. I didn’t expect culture to be the problem this season — but it’s clearly the problem this season.

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