00:06You know that you have a problem when a former NFL head coach can basically diagnose it from
00:12the TV studio. In week seven, the Jets lost 28 to 25 to a Miami team that came into MetLife
00:18winless. And afterwards, Super Bowl winning head coach Mike Tomlin saw some numbers
00:23that jumped off the screen. Those numbers were 107 to six. That's how badly the Jets have been
00:30outscored in the final two minutes of first halves during Aaron Glenn's tenure. But Tomlin had some
00:36advice for Dan Green. With three games in, you got enough of a body of work to determine what
00:41your weaknesses are and then plot out, of course, to fix them. Well, they've been looking at this
00:46particular weakness since the beginning of last season, and it's still 107 to six. And so certainly
00:51they got a lot of work ahead of them. If I were them, I would do two minutes every day
00:55of my life
00:56until further notice. Coach Tomlin said, if I were them, I would do the two minute every day of my
01:06life until further notice. Ouch. But after further review, sometimes the truth hurts. And he absolutely
01:13has a point because what happened against Miami wasn't just another bad two minutes. It looked
01:18like the same problem showing up again. Let's start with the data. 107 points allowed, six scored in
01:26the final two minutes of first halves under Glenn. And Miami added to that problem on Sunday with a
01:31drive that was painful to watch if you were wearing green and white or if you were a fan of
01:35the team.
01:36The Dolphins, they started at their own nine. Then in 15 plays, they moved the ball 91 yards. They keep
01:43the football for nearly nine minutes. And with six seconds left before halftime, Malik Willis runs it
01:49in. What had been a one score game turned into a 21 to seven Miami lead. And here's where this
01:55becomes
01:55about more than defense. Towards the end of that drive in the final two minutes, Aaron Glenn still had
02:00his timeouts, but he didn't use them. After the game, Glenn admitted, quote, that's something that we
02:07should have done. Well, thanks. Now, I actually appreciate the accountability, but accountability
02:13after the fact doesn't put those seconds back on the clock. And to be fair to Glenn, you can call
02:19every
02:19timeout in the world and your defense still has to get off the field, which arguably was the biggest
02:24problem for the Jets on Sunday, particularly when it came to stopping the run. Miami, they ran the ball 41
02:30times for 156 yards. Ali Gordon, the second, he finished with 103 yards on 25 carries. And according
02:38to next gen stats, he forced a career high 10 missed tackles, even though he saw a stack box on
02:4411 of his
02:45carries. The Jets, they knew Miami wanted to run. They loaded up to stop it. And Miami kept running the
02:51ball down their throats anyway. And that's the part that should really bother the Jets. This wasn't some
02:57mystery offense. This wasn't Patrick Mahomes-esque offensive wizardry on display here. Gang Green knew
03:03what was coming and they still couldn't consistently get off the field, which made the second half even
03:09more frustrating because the Jets actually did a lot of good things offensively. Geno Smith, he threw for
03:14287 yards and three touchdowns. Braylon Allen ran for a buck off four. Omar Cooper Jr., he was a bright
03:21spot
03:21again with 115 receiving yards. The Jets, they finished with 377 total yards. Those look like
03:29numbers from a team that should have a pretty good chance to win. Yet, like the same old Jets. New
03:36York
03:36spent the second half chasing a deficit. Their defense and game management helped create before
03:41halftime. New York started closing the gap. And then with under five minutes left, Malik Willis finds
03:47Caleb Douglas for 63 yards. That touchdown was the backbreaker. The exact kind of play your defense
03:53can't give up when the offense has finally pulled you back into the game. And even after the Jets
03:58answered to make it 28-25, the defense got one more chance. Fourth and one. Get a stop and Geno
04:05gets the
04:05ball back with a chance to win or tie. Malik Willis keeps it on the QB sneak first down. Jets
04:11couldn't stop
04:12four straight runs and that was a ball game. And that's why I don't think this after further review
04:17is simply the Jets defense was bad. It's more specific than that. The Jets keep failing in the
04:23moments that require situational discipline. We've seen this at the end of the first half. We've seen
04:29this on third down. We've seen this on fourth down. Situations that require the team to get the ball back
04:34when your offense finally has momentum. And when your head coach's background is defense, well, those
04:40moments are going to land right on his desk. And that's why Tomlin's comment hits so hard.
04:45When another head coach can look at your team and immediately identify the same weakness that
04:51keeps showing up, the problem isn't hidden anymore. Everybody knows it. Look, I'm the one always saying
04:58players have agency. Aaron Glenn can't make the tackles. He can't cover the receivers and he can't
05:03personally get the defense off the field. The players absolutely have to own that. But the timeouts,
05:09the situational management, the fact that this keeps happening over and over again,
05:14that's where the head coach enters the conversation. And after further review,
05:18107-6 isn't just an ugly stat anymore. We got to be real about this. It's a pattern. The Jets
05:24don't
05:24just need to play better defense. They need to start playing the end of halves like the game can be
05:29won or lost right there. Because too often, under Aaron Glenn, it has been.
05:40following this video, we'll see you later.
05:41Bye bye.
05:41Bye bye.
05:41Bye bye.
05:46Bye bye.
05:46Bye bye.
