ESPN’s Rich Cimini Almost Lost His Mind After Aaron Glenn Praised Jets’ Clock Management in Raiders Loss

Praise after another defeat

Glenn highlighted how the Jets used the clock and their timeouts to set up a field goal before halftime against Las Vegas. Cimini recounted the postgame press conference on HMA’s The Jets Collective podcast.

Cimini said he was surprised Glenn presented the sequence as a positive. “That should be a given,” Cimini said, adding that coaches should not take credit for it.

Earlier clock-management struggles

The praise came after several difficult late-half moments. Against New England in mid-October, Glenn appeared confused about which team would receive the second-half kickoff, telling CBS the Jets would get the ball when the Patriots were set to receive.

Questions about fourth-down choices

After the Raiders game, New York Post reporter Brian Costello asked Glenn why he settled for field goals on the Jets’ first two drives. Cimini said Glenn dismissed the idea that those decisions affected the result.

Cimini argued that choosing a field goal instead of going for it can change a game’s outcome, especially when the decision happens multiple times. An accompanying analysis said the two attempts were go-for-it situations by analytics and estimated that going for them would have added 4.5% to the Jets’ win probability.

Tension with the media

Glenn has emphasized positives since the Jets began his tenure with an 0-3 start last September. He said then that he would focus on positives and leave negatives to reporters.