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Jets head coach Aaron Glenn clarified confusion from a CBS halftime interview during Sunday’s loss to the New England Patriots. During the game, Glenn stated that his offense would start the second half with the ball and emphasized finishing drives. After the game, he explained at Monday’s press conference that his comments were specifically about the offensive unit’s ability to sustain and finish drives when they got possession back. The Jets did manage to score a touchdown on their first drive of the second half, cutting the deficit to 17-10.

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Aaron Glenn, the second-year head coach of the New York Jets, clarified during Monday's press conference that he wasn't confused in his CBS halftime interview despite appearing to state incorrectly that his team would start the second half with possession of the ball. Trailing 17-3 at halftime during Sunday’s loss against the New England Patriots, Glenn told sideline reporter Aditi Kinkhabwala that his offense needed to sustain drives and finish strong when they got the ball back. The coach emphasized on Monday that he was specifically discussing the offensive strategy rather than the current state of possession.

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🔮 Aaron Glenn claims he wasn’t confused — but we were. Trailing 17-3 at halftime of Sunday’s loss at New England, the Jets head coach went to the locker room looking worse than his team after an interview with CBS sideline reporter Aditi Kinkhabwala in which Glenn appeared to mistakenly state that his offense would start the second half with the ball.

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Though Glenn’s statement seems to leave no room for interpretation, the second-year head coach pushed back on the perception that he was confused during Monday morning’s press conference.

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2026-10-19 · New York Post

Jets’ Aaron Glenn pushes back on confusion over bizarre CBS halftime interview · assertive framing

Aaron Glenn claims he wasn’t confused — but we were. Trailing 17-3 at halftime of Sunday’s loss at New England, the Jets head coach went to the locker room looking worse than his team after an interview with CBS sideline reporter Aditi Kinkhabwala in which Glenn appeared to mistakenly state that his offense would start the second half with the ball. uncertain

offense → claim → ball

“I told our guys, ‘We’re moving the ball, [but] the thing is, we just have to finish,’” Glenn said. asserted

Glenn → tell → ball

“Our guys will be ready to go. asserted

guys → go → ?

The good thing is we get the ball. asserted

we → get → ball

We get a chance to go move it and finish.” asserted

We → get → it

Though Glenn’s statement seems to leave no room for interpretation, the second-year head coach pushed back on the perception that he was confused during Monday morning’s press conference. asserted

he → seem → conference

“No, I actually talked about just the offense,” Glenn said. asserted

Glenn → talk → offense

“I think they were talking about sustaining drives, and my conversation with them is when the offense gets the ball back, man, we want to be able to sustain a drive and go score. asserted

we → think → drive

“Then when the defense gets back on, we want to make sure we stop them and get the ball back to our offense. asserted

we → get → offense

That’s what I was talking about when it comes to that. asserted

it → ’ → that

The conversation was talking about the offense at that time.” asserted

conversation → talk → time

The Jets did end up stopping the Patriots on downs and scoring a touchdown on their first offensive drive of the second half to the cut the lead to 17-10. asserted

Jets → end → 17

Jets’ Aaron Glenn pushes back on confusion over bizarre CBS halftime interview

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