Aaron Glenn 'highly upset' with Jets' late-game collapse and overtime loss to Packers
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Following the team's 20-17 overtime loss to the Green Bay Packers on Sunday afternoon, Jets head coach Aaron Glenn was critical of his team's execution down the stretch of the game.
"I'll be honest, I'm highly upset," Glenn admitted to open his press conference. "Tough way to lose a game, and there's a number of things that we have to fix."
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Gang Green entered the fourth quarter leading the visiting opponents by a score of 17-7, but they couldn't shut the door.
"This loss is not going to define who we are and what we're about, but it's not okay," the head coach continued. "Our guys know that."
"We were not good on special teams, we didn't establish the run, our defense let them come down the field and score, and they had a ton of balls punched out but only came up with one of them."
One key moment that stands out in the wake of the loss was Glenn's decision to receive the football to begin overtime. Following the rule changes made to the extra ten-minute period ahead of last season, each team is guaranteed to have at least one offensive drive during overtime.
Glenn's rationale?
"I trust our offense to win the game. I wanted to put the ball in our hands. Let's try and end it," he explained. "Everyone has their own philosophy, but I felt that it was the right decision."
The Jets went three-and-out, punting the ball to the Packers on 4th & 18 from the Jets' 22-yard line.
Green Bay quickly drove from their own 34-yard line into the New York red zone and set up rookie Trey Smack to kick through a game-winning 26-yard field goal.
"Usually, if you can get yourself in a situation like that, you can really control the clock, and that controls exactly how their offense will have to play once you go and score," Glenn continued. "If we had a seven minute drive to open overtime - which we've done before - it would only give [Green Bay] so much time for a rebuttal."
"It didn't happen for us the way I planned," he lamented.
"We played a good opponent, but it's always about us," said WR Adonai Mitchell about the team's offensive struggles. "The mindset has to be the same, no matter who we're playing. We've just got to be better."
"We've just got to close the game better," QB Geno Smith declared. "We had the lead, we had opportunities, and didn't capitalize, so we'll focus on going back to the drawing board and getting better."
RB Breece Hall echoed the words of his signal-caller.
"We could have helped the defense out with more points on the board," said Hall postgame. "We let them down big time."
For what it's worth, Glenn was proud of his group's effort, in spite of the result.
"I thought we competed our butts off the whole game. The thing is, [the Packers are] a really good team, but our guys had the competitive stamina, and they didn't stop competing one bit," he concluded.
Now 1-1, the Jets will travel to Detroit to face the Lions at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Sep. 27.