Former Jets GM says fans should trust 'long-term plan' with Aaron Glenn despite top coaches available

Mike Tannenbaum whitethorn beryllium biased, but he's assured successful the New York Jets.

Tannenbaum's "The 33rd Team" helped the Jets, of whom Tannenbaum was the wide manager from 2006 to 2012, find that Aaron Glenn would beryllium their caput manager heading into the 2025 season.

However, the play was 1 to forget, arsenic they went 3-14 and became the archetypal squad not to grounds an interception successful an full season. They besides mislaid each of their last 5 games by astatine slightest 23 points, different NFL first.

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Head Coach Aaron Glenn of the New York Jets looks connected anterior to the crippled against the New England Patriots astatine MetLife Stadium connected Dec. 28, 2025 successful East Rutherford, New Jersey.  (Evan Bernstein/Getty Images)

Glenn remains employed by the Jets contempt Mike Tomlin, John Harbaugh, Kevin Stefanski and galore others being available. The Jets could spell the casual way and spell with acquisition implicit what is simply a task that has gotten disconnected to a brutal start, but Tannenbaum seemed to judge helium wanted the Jets to spot the process.

"It was large to beryllium portion of the hunt a twelvemonth ago. It was great, large experience. And I deliberation Aaron Glenn’s going to beryllium a truly bully manager agelong term," Tannenbaum told Fox News Digital successful a caller interview. "I'm not portion of the organization, obviously, truthful it wouldn’t beryllium just for maine to remark connected what they should oregon should not, but I precise overmuch judge successful Aaron Glenn and deliberation he'll beryllium a bully manager agelong term. 

"One of the things that I deliberation they merit recognition is they intelligibly person a semipermanent plan, without question, successful presumption of the picks, the draught capital, and I deliberation Aaron Glenn and (general manager) Darren Mougey volition proceed to execute the plan, and hopefully, you'll spot the results rapidly successful 2026."

New York Jets caput manager Aaron Glenn connected the sidelines during the 2nd fractional Dallas Cowboys astatine MetLife Stadium connected Oct. 5, 2025. (Vincent Carchietta/Imagn Images)

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Of course, that's hard for Jets fans to hear, arsenic their playoff drought is present 15 consecutive seasons, the longest successful the Big Four nonrecreational leagues. But Tannenbaum thinks it is "an breathtaking time" to beryllium a Jets fan.

"The instauration of a bully violative enactment is there, which is, I could archer you firsthand, being there, moving with 2 teams (also the Miami Dolphins), it's truly hard to assemble the benignant of young endowment that they person connected the violative line. They person a existent No. 1 wide receiver successful Garrett Wilson. I deliberation Mason Taylor’s going to beryllium a truly bully choky end. We'll spot what happens with Breece Hall, but, you know, there's a batch of truly bully foundational pieces," Tannenbaum said.

New York Jets caput manager Aaron Glenn instructs unit arsenic helium watches play against the Miami Dolphins successful the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot game. The crippled was successful Miami Gardens, Florida, connected Sept. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

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"And of course, you'd similar to triumph much games successful twelvemonth one, but astatine the extremity of the day, we person immoderate of the instauration there, and you person the fig of draught choices, the salary-cap room. If you effort and instrumentality twelvemonth one, larn from it, instrumentality that instauration and amended upon it, I deliberation we're each hopeful that we'll spot a amended merchandise connected the tract adjacent year. I'm definite they're going to marque a batch of changes connected the roster. That’ll beryllium evident travel March erstwhile escaped bureau begins."

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