Some have rightfully questioned what the New York Jets’ plan is in the short term. With the team clearly searching for a long-term answer at the quarterback position, and the NFL Draft being the best way to do that, winning games probably doesn’t help New York.
However, it’s also fair to mention that if the Jets are looking to be the team they want to be in the future, it will require them to win some games. At the end of the day, they can keep looking for the right quarterback in the draft, but even when the Jets have lost, they haven’t exactly found their guy. If losing equaled a good quarterback, the Jets would have Patrick Mahomes under center.
As the head coach of an NFL team, Aaron Glenn has to go out and try to win every single game. When speaking to reporters about what it means for the Jets' long-term, it sounds like Glenn’s only focus is getting wins for the Jets, and he’s completely right in his thinking.
"Make no mistake about it, we have a long way to go,” Glenn said, per the New York Post. “In all three phases, there were some good things, but then again there were some things we really have to get ready to clean up, and that will be our focus this week. And the thing is we’re not hiding from those things that when you look at them on them on tape you’re like, ‘Ah, we got away with one right there.’ So, even though we’re happy about the results of this game, there are a number of things on that tape that we got to get better at. Listen, we’re not going to hide from those things.”
"Listen, we just want to win games. Period.” Glenn said. “We want to learn how to win games. We want to learn how to win at the end of games. We want to learn how to create a gap within the game. We want to learn how to sustain a high level of play. We want to learn how to continue to finish out games."
Anybody who wants the Jets to lose games is fair in a sense, but it’s even more important to remember that players aren’t going out there trying to lose games.
It’s the reality of the NFL, and fans have to understand that.