Okay, it’s Monday morning. The floor is flooding. Life isn’t going great here at Deadseriousness HQ. But I feel way better than Justin Fields and Aaron Glenn who brought the Wraith to London to get boat raced in London. The Jets and Broncos reminded everyone in the building why they prefer soccer.
The Denver Broncos beat the New York Jets in a 13-11 dive bar lower back tattooed alcoholic mud wrestling match.
If my tax dollars funded this in any way, I’m gonna need that money back.
Both defenses clamped down, putting the offenses in straitjackets—limiting the teams to a combined 60 yards in the second half. Ew.
But I can’t stop thinking about how weird Justin Fields played.
Justin Fields No-Call No-Shows
Justin Fields, the pray hunted by the Broncos pass rush, surrounded by defenders every drop back. Denver came into Sunday leading the NFL in sacks. They added 9 more, ragdolling Fields all over the field.
The ninth sack on Justin Fields is a fitting end to a baffling day for the #Jets, who fall to 0-6 while Denver takes the AFC West lead.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) October 12, 2025
If you just checked the box score, you’d think the Jets offensive line stayed in the locker room or had some secret agreement to get Fields injured so Tyrod Taylor could play—but most of these sacks were Justin Fields creations.
The league average time a QB has before being sacked is 4.63 seconds. Jets average time to sack was 5.76 seconds.
Justin Fields had all day to get the ball out or run if his receivers were handcuffed. He’s already one of the most prolific running QBs in NFL history.
Instead, he stared down receivers, slowly moving from target to target at a no-contact, offseason workout pace.
No urgency, no innovation, no care in the world.
And I don’t want to blame the receivers.
They get open.
Frequently.
Justin Fields just doesn’t throw.
He had the same problem in Chicago. Wide receivers would be doing jumping jacks, wide open in the middle of a zone defense and Justin Fields wouldn’t even look their way.
I genuinely believe he has tortoise reaction speed, unable to fire a ball to a receiver he sees open because his brain is slow to send signals to his arms, a skill separating NFL quarterbacks from guys who were good in college.
I was ready to call out the offensive coordinator but what is the Jets OC Tanner Engstrand supposed to call when his QB can’t see open receivers?
In the first quarter, Kene Nwangwu returned a kickoff 72 yards to Denver’s 24-yard line. Easy points coming.
2 runs for 2 yards.
-1 yard screen pass.
Field goal.
Most QBs starting a free drive on the opponent’s 24-yard line get 3 plays from the shotgun—maybe an RPO on first down but the OC is most likely calling 3 straight pass plays—because they know their quarterback is capable of forward passes.
The Jets called two runs up the middle and a screen pass because Justin Fields would most likely end up at the bottom of a dogpile, 3 consecutive times.
Here’s the day Justin Fields had across the pond:
- 9-for-17 passing
- 45 passing yards
- 9.0 QBR
- 7 carries
- 31 rushing yards
The New York Jets finished with -10 passing yards.
Justin Fields is on his 3rd NFL team in 5 years.
He can make all the throws.
At any point, he can break out a 50+ yard scramble to the house.
But he lacks a natural feel for the position—never cognizant of the pocket collapsing around him, refusing to hit open guys—instead, eyes locked with the one receiver he predetermined he’d throw to before the snap, never making it through his progressions—ending with defenders bodyslamming him into the turf.
If the New York Jets want to replace Justin Fields, all they have to do is play Justin Fields.
As long as Justin Fields is the Jets QB this season, they’ll be set up to select whoever they want from the top of next year’s draft.
Honestly, at this point, knowing Fields has a $22 million cap hit if he’s cut next season, he should be meeting with the front office and scouts every week, helping them decide his replacement.
If he can’t win a football game, maybe he can do something for the Jets.
Aaron Glenn is Drowning
Aaron Glenn has literally never been a head coach before. Let’s make that clear before we dunk on him. This is his first time doing all of this. Remember the first time you tried to step on a skateboard? Remember all the ice you needed for your mouth?
So let’s talk about the end of that halftime…
Down 6-10 with the ball and the final drive of the first half, Aaron Glenn showed his ass.
First play after the 2-minute warning, a 6-yard run by Breece Hall and a quick 2-yard pass to Garrett Wilson, in bounds.
The Broncos call a timeout. It’s 3rd and 2 with a 1:48. I’m sure Sean Payton believed his defense could stop them, giving Denver another shot to score before half.
The Jets come out of the timeout, run the ball for 1 yard.
It’s 4 and 1.
The Jets let the play clock alllllll the way down until Glenn calls a timeout with 1:00 left.
Odd to stop the clock before you punt it to the other team but Glenn had a trick up his sleeve.
Fake punt, direct snap to Breece Hall for 1 yard.
First down.
They run the ball again, insane decision when you’re concerned about the clock running.
Jog up for the next play where Fields is immediately sacked.
They call their final timeout.
Justin Fields throws it over the middle of the field, 6 yards to Josh Reynolds.
Clock runs.
Halftime.
Here’s star receiver, Garrett Wilson, barking in his ear, unable to comprehend what the fuck this team is trying to accomplish:
I’m done, Aaron Glenn should be fired, this is arguably the worst five and a half game stretch of Jets football I’ve ever seen and Garrett Wilson rightfully screamed at him because he’s just not paying attention. pic.twitter.com/DQuNayboau
— Anthony Russo (@Anthony_Russo97) October 12, 2025
The Jets are the only team left without a win.
Aaron Glenn’s contributions to revitalizing the Detroit Lions organization earned him the opportunity to become a head coach.
Prior to the season, he said all the right things. Ejected Aaron Rodgers from the locker room because he wouldn’t agree not to spill tea on Pat McAfee’s show weekly. Attempted to establish a culture. Good for him.
The hire made sense.
And perhaps Gleen deserves more than 6 games to prove whether or not he can cut it as an NFL head coach—especially with the limitations of his inept QB.
But man, you never want to look overwhelmed with the duties you asked for.
Now, Glenn was a defensive coordinator and we have to praise the Jets defense, holding the Broncos—who came into the game with a Top 5 rushing offense—to only 78 yards all game.
They made Bo Nix uncomfortable.
Glenn handled shit on that side of the ball—but yea, he’s the head coach now.
The screws need tightening.
We’ll see if he can figure out which tools he needs to tighten them before the Jets lose every single game.
And I know so many more black coaches are getting opportunities and it’s relaxing removing that annual discussion from my Deadseriousness drafts—but Aaron Glenn doesn’t have the complexion of a man who can maintain his job after going 0-17.
Shit, if the Jets are 0-double-digits, Aaron Glenn will become a sad Adam Schefter tweet.
Just please be better than Adam Gase, man. The bar is on the floor and Aaron Glenn keeps tripping over it.
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