First-year New York Jets head coach Aaron Glenn has stressed “physicality” and “accountability” throughout coaching camp after former head coach Robert Saleh went 20-36 throughout his Jets tenure.
The newest instance of how issues are totally different beneath Glenn occurred when the membership held what Antwan Staley of the New York Day by day Information known as a “secret players-only apply” lower than 24 hours after Gang Inexperienced suffered a 31-12 preseason loss to the New York Giants this previous Saturday.
In response to Rich Cimini of ESPN, Glenn was the one coach current for the session.
“It was nothing loopy,” Jets cornerback Michael Carter II mentioned in regards to the apply. “Only a participant’s walkthrough kind of factor that we had. It was cool, actually, to run that ourselves and be completely accountable as a result of we have been on the market making the calls and going off primarily based on what we noticed and every part like that.”
Cimini talked about that quarterback Justin Fields ran the offense in the course of the apply, whereas center linebacker Jamien Sherwood was accountable for the protection. Versus the Giants, Fields accomplished simply 1-of-5 passes for 4 yards.
“The good groups are player-led groups,” Carter added. “The gamers are accountable, and we perceive what the usual is and the way we have to get issues carried out and the way issues ought to function. So we bought an opportunity to go on the market and show it for the primary time with simply being us.”
A lot has been made about the “uneven” performances of the Jets’ offense this summer time with Fields working the present. Whereas multiple Jets coaches defended the workforce’s QB1 this week, Fields’ numbers from Wednesday will not encourage a lot confidence.
