The NFL teaching carousel continues to spin because the Chicago Bears secured Ben Johnson as their new head coach.
Sizzling on their heels, the New York Jets are making strikes of their very own, zeroing in on Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn as their high candidate for his or her head teaching place.
The Jets aren’t taking any probabilities with Glenn, holding a vital second interview after Detroit’s elimination from the playoffs.
Glenn, who beforehand related with the Jets nearly, may discover himself main the workforce very quickly, with all indicators pointing towards an settlement.
“They definitely do need him to just accept the supply that they in the end are going at hand him, and so it’s only a matter of if he does, proper?” Jonathan Jones of NFL on CBS mentioned. “I don’t know what the state legal guidelines in New Jersey are surrounding kidnapping. I imply, they can not preserve him within the constructing if he needs to depart. However definitely, the expectation across the league has been that there shall be a suggestion that in the end he won’t refuse, that he’ll signal.”
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— Jonathan Jones (@jjones9) January 21, 2025
Glenn, in truth, did go away with out an settlement in place, however studies say that doesn’t imply there won’t be one finally.
His connection to the Jets runs deep — they chose him within the 1994 NFL Draft — and the tie may play a pivotal position in his resolution.
Regardless of the Lions’ defensive struggles late this season, Glenn has emerged as one of the sought-after candidates on this teaching cycle, with the Jets significantly drawn to his management qualities.
The search doesn’t exist in isolation, because the Jets are additionally eyeing Washington Commanders assistant normal supervisor Lance Newmark, who shares historical past with Glenn from their Detroit days, to change into their new GM.
Although Glenn seems to be the Jets’ frontrunner, the New Orleans Saints are ready within the wings, hoping for his or her shot at an in-person assembly.
