The New York Jets quarterback situation just keeps getting worse and worse.
A day after team owner Woody Johnson gave Aaron Glenn a vote of confidence while criticizing quarterback Justin Fields, head coach Aaron Glenn was not committal on who the starting quarterback will be when the Jets take the field on Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals.
The reason? Glenn doesn’t want to give the Bengals any competitive advantage.
“We will have a quarterback on Sunday,” Glenn said. “I will tell you that. … I wouldn’t want to give them a competitive advantage when I have that opportunity, but we will have a quarterback.”
Glenn said he addressed Johnson’s comments with the team.
“The first thing I’ll say, he’s an owner, and he has a right to his opinion, and when you look at that, it’s really something that’s been said across the board from everybody, including Justin: ‘Man, we have to improve,'” Glenn said. “And we understand that. We’ve gone two games without scoring a touchdown, and we have to make sure we get better in that aspect. So we’re all on the same page.
“Yeah it might be said different — it might be said with different tones — but we’ve all been on the same page when it comes to that, when it comes to our running back play, when it comes to our quarterback play, when it comes to our defensive play,” Glenn continued. “So, nothing’s different about what we’ve done. We just said it in a different tone, in a different way. I’m glad we’re on the same page on that, even with our quarterbacks, so we’re just fine with that.”
Glenn said Johnson does leave it up to him to decide on a quarterback. The coach added he has “all the confidence in the world” in Fields, Taylor and rookie Brady Cook, as well as his coaching staff.
“I’ve spoken to the team about [Johnson’s comments], but there are so many other things that we have to talk about,” Glenn said. “Again, we’re all on the same page, and we know exactly what we have to do in that instance. But the thing that I’ve been talking about is how we’re gonna win this game, and that’s been a focus for us, not that other stuff. We know what’s going on with that. We just have to make sure we focus on this game.”
