The Jets did not win last week’s matchup with the Buccaneers.
But New York did make one of the league’s most electric plays of the week, blocking a late Bucs field goal and returning it for a touchdown.
That also resulted in Jets head coach Aaron Glenn going viral for his sideline dance moves during and after the play.
In his Thursday press conference, Glenn said that’s just who he is.
“Here’s what I do know … I’m gonna always be me,” Glenn said, via SNY. “And listen, these guys need someone that’s going to show that they believe in them, that’s going to show they’re proud of them when they make plays.
“I’ll tell you what, if I probably didn’t do that, my wife and kids would’ve said, ‘What’s happening? What’s going on with you?’ And I’m glad that I’m gonna never be fake. I’m always gonna be me. Some people like it, some people don’t — it doesn’t matter. But I’m glad that people did see me, my authentic self, no matter what. And I don’t know what it means [if someone said], ‘The head coach is supposed to act like that?’ How is the head coach supposed to act? I don’t know. But it was good. It was good.”
Glenn and the Jets will try to get their first win of the season on Monday night against the division-rival Dolphins.
Jets quarterback Justin Fields is taking a step back toward the lineup on Thursday.
Head coach Aaron Glenn told reporters that Fields will participate in practice for the first time since he suffered a concussion in the team’s Week 2 loss to the Bills. Fields remains in the concussion protocol, but the practice participation is a necessary step for him to gain clearance for a return to action.
If Fields gets that clearance ahead of Monday night’s game against the Dolphins, he will be the starter. Glenn left some room to stick with Tyrod Taylor when he spoke to reporters earlier this week, but he was clear on Thursday that Fields will be the quarterback as long as he is able to play.
More clarity on whether that will be the case will come over the rest of the week and final word on the Jets’ plans may not come until the weekend.
Cornerback Jarvis Brownlee started the first two games of the season for the Titans, but he won’t be making any more appearances for the team because they traded him to the Jets this week.
Moving a starter three games into the season is the kind of move that some would see as a sign that more players will be on the move as General Manager Mike Borgonzi looks to remake the roster in his first year on the job. Head coach Brian Callahan’s own future has been the subject of conversation amid an 0-3 start and he gave up offensive play-calling duties this week, so he was asked on Wednesday about his communication with Borgonzi about the deal.
Callahan said on Wednesday that he’s “in lock step” with Borgonzi about personnel decisions being “made for the short-term and the long-term interest of the football team.” He also said he believes the Brownlee trade was a “one-off situation” that doesn’t signal a larger fire sale in Tennessee, but admitted it may not be the only move the team makes.
“But I can’t say whether or not there will be something more, or nothing more,” Callahan said, via the team’s website. “It’s hard for me to make any predictions about that, or any statements about it.”
Whether or not there are more trades coming in the near future, it doesn’t take a crystal ball to see that there will be more changes on the horizon if the Titans don’t start finding ways to win a few games.
The Steelers have started the season 2-1 with Aaron Rodgers at quarterback and Pittsburgh will be featured for an international audience this weekend when the club plays Minnesota in Dublin.
Pittsburgh currently ranks No. 12 in points scored with 72. But the club is No. 30 in yards, averaging 247 per game.
Rodgers noted after Sunday’s win over the Patriots that he didn’t feel he played well in the 21-14 victory. But when asked about those comments in his Tuesday press conference, head coach Mike Tomlin said Rogers “certainly has been” what he expected coming into the year.
“[N]ot only in terms of his play, but in terms of his relationship with the game. How he interacts with teammates, how he loves the preparation process,” Tomlin said, via transcript from the team. “All those things have been double thumbs up, so it’s reasonable to expect the in-stadium performance to mirror that.
“He may be disappointed with how he played last week, but we had an opportunity this week to do something about it. Just watching him day to day, there is not a high level of concern in terms of outcome being what we and he desire.”
So far this season, Rodgers has completed 65.1 percent of his passes for 586 yards with seven touchdowns and three interceptions.
Quincy Williams was not the only Jets linebacker to land on injured reserve Tuesday.
The Jets announced that Marcelino McCrary-Ball is also going on the list. McCrary-Ball hurt his hamstring in Sunday’s loss to the Buccaneers and will now miss at least four games.
McCrary-Ball is one of the team’s captains due to his work on special teams. He has 17 tackles on 77 defensive snaps and 75 special teams snaps this season.
The Jets confirmed that they have signed linebacker Mark Robinson off of the Patriots’ practice squad. They did not fill the other open spot, but that will likely go to cornerback Jarvis Brownlee once their trade with the Titans is official.
They rounded out the day’s moves by signing linebacker Ben Niemann to the practice squad and releasing offensive lineman Liam Fornadel from that roster.
