Hour 1: Jets Rock Bottom and Why Firing Aaron Glenn Could Backfire

Evan & Tiki

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4.2 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Evan and Tiki break down the brutal reality of the New York Jets after an embarrassing finish to the season and a disastrous first year under Aaron Glenn. They explain why Aaron Rodgers winning games in Pittsburgh does not mean the Jets made the wrong decision, and why keeping him would have actually made the future worse. The conversation dives into whether firing Aaron Glenn after one season would truly fix anything, or if it would push the Jets further into dysfunction. Evan lays out why “trust me” and “have faith” is not a real plan, while still arguing that a one and done firing may do more harm than good without a clear upgrade waiting. They examine how trading Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams changed the locker room, why the roster looked nonprofessional down the stretch, and how the Jets ended up here with so little talent on the field. Plus, a realistic look at the quarterback options, draft capital, cap space, and whether there is any legitimate reason for hope moving forward. It is an honest Black Monday discussion about a franchise at rock bottom and the dangerous choices that come next.

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0:00.0	I am fully aware of what kind of disaster this season was.
0:04.1	Aaron Rogers going to Pittsburgh, winning 10 games, and making the playoffs is not a part of that disaster.
0:10.7	Like, I know we were all debating this nine months ago about bringing Rogers back versus not bringing Rogers back.
0:16.0	And while I didn't like the bedside manner of Aaron Glenn in his approach, I cannot look at what happened last night, and that was an insane game that was drunk as hell. I cannot look at the result of last night and the result of Aaron Rogers and say, see, if they would have kept them, everything would have been different. I got news for you. If they would have kept them, you're right, everything would have been different. And it actually would have been worse because they wouldn't have won a lot of games.
0:41.1	They would not have traded sauce Gardner and Quinn and Williams.
0:44.4	And they would have ended up with, sure, more victories.
0:47.0	But how many more victories?
0:48.3	And where would the future be?
0:49.9	Yeah, but it would have felt so much different than it felt at the end of this year.
0:55.1	This in these last five games for the Jets have been abysmal.
0:58.7	Yes.
0:59.0	It is almost as if you remember two years ago when we were watching the Giants?
1:03.0	They were all beat up.
1:04.4	Dabes was trying to figure out, you know, who's playing?
1:07.6	This is a guy off the practice squad.
1:09.5	We just picked this dude up off the street.
1:11.4	And it was non-professional football.
1:13.2	Yes.
1:13.7	I remember coming in and saying,
1:14.9	this is not a professional football team.
1:16.8	This is a team that maybe could win at the highest levels of college football.
1:22.3	That's what the Jets defensively, at least, really offensively as well,
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