Joe Namath among Jets legends signing off on Aaron Glenn hire: 'Wish the season would start next week'

Former Detroit Lions antiaircraft coordinator Aaron Glenn is reportedly heading to the New York Jets, a squad helium played for during his NFL career, to go their adjacent caput coach. 

It’s a determination that many Jets legends, including "Broadway Joe" himself, loves to see. 

"I’m hoping each [Jets] fans are arsenic thrilled arsenic my household and I are that Aaron Glenn is our caller Head Coach," Jets legendary backmost Joe Namath posted connected X. "I privation the play would commencement adjacent week."

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Joe Namath attends a crippled betwixt the New York Jets and the Buffalo Bills astatine MetLife Stadium connected Sept. 8, 2019, successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

NFL.com’s Judy Battista besides reported that Hall of Fame manager Bill Parcells, who led Glenn with the Jets and Dallas Cowboys arsenic a player, was fired up to spot his erstwhile pupil get his owed arsenic caput coach. 

"He’s not acrophobic to beryllium contentious," Parcells told Battista. "He’s conscionable feisty. Not rude oregon impolite. He’s conscionable consenting to get his constituent across."

DJ Reed, who spent the past 3 seasons with the Jets and is simply a escaped cause this offseason, besides sent retired a station connected X. 

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"Glenn is simply a large look!" helium wrote. 

Glenn’s departure from Detroit marks the 2nd coordinator nether Dan Campbell that recovered their ain caput coaching gig elsewhere. While Glenn went to different conference, violative coordinator Ben Johnson landed with the Chicago Bears, a rival of the Lions successful the NFC North. 

Glenn’s instrumentality to the Jets heated up connected Tuesday erstwhile helium met with squad brass. The archetypal thought was they weren’t going to fto him permission the building, arsenic good arsenic GM campaigner Lance Newark of the Washington Commanders, to marque definite they got the candidates they wanted. 

Lions antiaircraft coordinator Aaron Glenn watches a replay during the 45-31 nonaccomplishment to the Washington Commanders successful the NFC divisional playoff crippled astatine Ford Field successful Detroit connected Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (IMAGN)

While that didn’t travel to fruition, the content that Glenn wanted the Jets occupation swirled astir societal media, and it landed connected Wednesday. 

Glenn besides bushed retired much than a twelve different coaches successful the Jets’ extended search, including Brian Flores, Jeff Hafley, Ron Rivera and Rex Ryan. 

A three-time Pro Bowler, Glenn was drafted 12th wide by the Jets successful the 1994 NFL Draft. He spent 8 seasons with the franchise earlier being acquired by the Houston Texans successful the 2002 enlargement draft. 

Glenn takes implicit a Jets franchise desperately searching for the close antheral to pb a squad backmost to the playoffs, wherever they haven’t been since 2010 – the longest drought successful football. 

Lions antiaircraft coordinator Aaron Glenn pursuing the Minnesota Vikings crippled connected Jan. 5, 2025, astatine Ford Field successful Detroit. (Steven King/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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One of the large questions for Glenn and whoever ownership brings successful arsenic the caller GM is whether they privation Aaron Rodgers to instrumentality to Gang Green successful 2025. Of course, Rodgers has to determine if helium wishes to play his 21st play successful the league. 

Either way, Glenn is getting signs of support from valued members of the franchise extracurricular ownership, which is ever a bully start. 

Fox News' Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.

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