Jets locker room appears to be reaching a breaking point under Aaron Glenn

The New York Jets suffered a demoralizing loss on Sunday afternoon at MetLife Stadium, falling to the then-winless Miami Dolphins 28-25. For Aaron Glenn and the Jets, the loss drops them to 2-5 on the season.

Coming off a loss to a divisional opponent and returning home to face a team still searching for their first win, this loss falls solely on the coaching staff and, simply put, is inexcusable.

The Jets, similar to their matchup with Cleveland in Week 5, had an opportunity to keep their season alive, and the locker room believed in Glenn. A loss like this, though, is a massive stain on Glenn's resume and his trust among the players.

The Athletic's Zack Rosenblatt revealed that the Jets locker room is at a "loss for words," and many guys don't have a "whole lot to say." Quotes like this are a direct shot at Glenn and the rest of the coaching staff.

New York Jets players are reaching a breaking point under Aaron Glenn

Glenn was already running out of time entering Sunday's matchup, but after a loss as bad as this one, the sand in the hourglass tracking Glenn's remaining time as Jets head coach is only getting emptier.

Sunday's loss now drops the former Jet cornerback-turned-head coach to 5-19 overall in 24 games. That's a .208 winning percentage. For perspective, Rich Kotite was 3-21 (.125), while Adam Gase went 7-17 (.291) in his first 24 games with Gang Green.

24 games in, Glenn finds himself sandwiched between the two worst coaches in franchise history. Since last season, Glenn has been reaching levels this organization hasn't seen since Kotite and Gase.

That in itself is a fireable offense. The loss also drops the 54-year-old coach to 0-8 in divisional games while handing Jeff Hafley his first win overall, which also comes in the division. Hafley, in six games coached, now has more divisional wins than Glenn in 24.

The numbers are ugly and do not lie, but the eye test also backs up the state of affairs with Glenn at the helm. The Jets once again have no identity on offense or defense. The Jets once again continue to get beaten in the trenches. The Jets once again were not ready to play.

This isn't a small one- or two-game sample size. This is a 24-game sample from a head coach who fired both the offensive and defensive coordinators entering year two.

Yet he still finds himself stuck in the mud as the defensive play caller, while Frank Reich continues to show why, before this year, the last time he coached in an NFL game was on November 26, 2023.

Sitting at 2-5, it's only a matter of time until the locker room starts to turn on Glenn completely. After Sunday's loss, not only is the fanbase over this experiment, but the players seem to be on their way to that feeling as well.

And once that happens, the sand in the Glenn hourglass will empty, and the Jets will be searching for another head coach tasked with ending the longest professional playoff drought in the four major North American sports.

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