Aaron Glenn is getting a re-examination from the Jets for his or her head teaching emptiness, this one in-person.
Glenn, who was drafted twelfth total by the Jets in 1994 and is the present Lions defensive coordinator, interviewed with the Jets nearly whereas Detroit was nonetheless in its playoff run.
With the Lions eradicated from the playoffs by Washington on Saturday evening, Glenn is free to make in-person visits with groups. He’s reportedly scheduled to go to the Saints on Wednesday for an in-person interview.
Glenn has additionally interviewed nearly with the Saints, with whom he additionally has ties, having coached defensive backs in New Orleans from 2016-’20 and the place he performed in 2008.
It’s attainable the Jets could should act shortly if Glenn is their No. 1 alternative, as a result of New Orleans is clearly and the Saints have already got their basic supervisor in place, with Mickey Loomis getting into his twenty second season with the crew and really accustomed to Glenn.
The Jets, after all, stay with no basic supervisor, which can complicate issues if crew proprietor Woody Johnson needs to rent Glenn. As a result of if Johnson needs to draw whomever his prime GM candidate is, that job maybe turns into much less engaging if that GM has nothing to do with the hiring of the crew’s head coach.
The Jets have interviewed some 15 candidates for his or her vacant basic supervisor place, a job held by Joe Douglas for six years earlier than Douglas was fired in midseason.
They’ve interviewed 16 candidates for his or her vacant head teaching job.
If Glenn is their man, they seemingly should act shortly — with each the GM and head teaching selections.
