Jets Coach Aaron Glenn Put on Notice by ESPN

The New York Jets lost again in Week 4, falling to the Chicago Bears by a final score of 23-12. 

New York is now 4-17 in the Aaron Glenn era and ESPN's Rich Cimini put the second-year head coach on notice. 

"The Jets already look stronger than last season (3-14), but they're still struggling to play complementary football and put together a complete game. Their point differential (minus-8) isn't terrible, but their three-game losing streak is testing the patience of the fanbase. They improved the roster with some hits in the 2026 draft and free agency, but the results have yet to show up in the win column. Coach Aaron Glenn, who is 4-17 since taking the job, needs to spark a turnaround, pronto," Cimini wrote.

The Jets started this season with a 23-10 win against the Tennessee Titans on the road. It appeared New York would be solid in Year 2 of the lenn era. 

However, the Jets are still a walking disaster, as the team is 0-3 since Week 1. Glenn and Co. lost to the Green Bay Packers in Week 2, the Detroit Lions in Week 3 and the Bears in Week 4. 

In Week 4, Chicago had more first downs (34) than New York had offensive plays (32). The Bears controlled the ball so well against the Jets that Chicago linebacker Devin Bush got bored. 

"Holding the ball for 42 minutes is kinda wild," Bush said after the Bears beat the Jets. "Probably one of the easiest NFL games I done played in and I'm not sore at all. Great. ... Yeah, it was boring. I got bored a couple of times, I had to stay warm just in case."

The Bears had 492 yards on offense. Their time of possession was 42:45. 

Meanwhile, the Jets had 157 yards on offense. Their time of possession was only 17:15. 

The Jets did snap one of the most embarrassing droughts in NFL history against the Bears, intercepting a pass for the first time in 21 games. It was one of the few things they did right in a 23-12 loss at Soldier Field.

Minkah Fitzpatrick picked off Tyson Bagent in the second quarter, a brief moment of glory in an otherwise miserable day. The Jets had gone 643 pass attempts and 638 days without an interception.

"Obviously, you wanted to be able to celebrate when you break a negative streak like that," Fitzpatrick said. "But when you finished the game like we finished, there's no real reason to celebrate."

The Jets ran only 32 plays, compared to the Bears' 89 -- the largest play differential in a game since the Cleveland Browns' first game returning to the NFL in 1999. 

The Jets' time of possession was only 17 minutes and 15 seconds, their lowest since 2005. Their possession time in the fourth quarter was 45 seconds.

The Jets struggled so much that star receiver Garrett Wilson managed only 27 receiving yards, the same number of yards as Fitzpatrick made on his drought-busting interception return.

After the Bears pummeled the Jets, Glenn lashed out at another opponent: the team's losing history. Glenn, who dropped to 4-17, said he must prevent outside "negativity" from affecting the team.

"There are too many people who want to think about history," Glenn said. "Inside that locker room, I want my guys not to think about history, because it's going to be brought up so much from the outside -- people beating us down with history. We just have to circle the wagons and not let any of that come inside our locker room. We've been working our asses off to change that. ... It brings so much negativity."

The negativity stems from 10 straight losing seasons and 15 consecutive years out of the playoffs, the longest active drought in the North American sports leagues. 

Glenn said he was "very disappointed on a number of levels" by the latest loss. The number of penalties (12 for 76 yards) seemed to irk him more than anything.

After being mocked for their interception drought, the Jets could've actually had four on the day, but penalties nullified three. Under Glenn, New York hasn't been a disciplined team. 

Geno Smith, coming off one of the best games of his career, played his worst game of the season, completing only 8 of 15 passes for 119 yards and a late touchdown. He was sacked three times and was off target on some throws, acknowledging, "Not my best game. I could've done a lot better."

The Jets failed to convert a single third down against the Bears, going 0-for-7.

It might be time for New York to play rookie QB Cade Klubnik and fire Glenn.