PALM BEACH, Fla. — Jets coach Aaron Glenn is aware of one thing about enjoying cornerback.
Glenn was a first-round decide of the Jets in 1994 and performed the place for 15 years within the NFL and made three Professional Bowls.
Now, he’ll coach the newest Jets nice on the place — Sauce Gardner.
Glenn expressed confidence in Gardner, who’s coming off a disappointing third season.
“He might be one of the best within the league,” Glenn stated.
Gardner was All-Professional in his first two seasons within the NFL however didn’t play as nicely in 2024.
Glenn isn’t fearful.
“That’s simply a part of this league. This can be a grown man’s league,” Glenn stated on the NFL’s annual assembly. “Yearly you’re not going to be on the high of your recreation yearly. You thrive and also you bust your ass to strive to do this. The factor is he has it in him. You simply stated it, two years straight he was a rattling good participant. It’s not like that’s gone. It’s simply he didn’t have the 12 months that you simply guys needed him to have. He’s going to have that once more. That’s who he’s as a participant.
“I’m not fearful about what occurred final 12 months with him. The one factor I do know is the conversations we’ve had and who he’s as a person. I do know for a proven fact that he’s going to get again to the place he must be.”
Glenn stated he’s had good conversations with Garrett Wilson and that the large receiver is in a “good place.”
Each Gardner and Wilson are eligible for contract extensions for the primary time and Glenn sounds supportive of the thought of extending them.
“They’re two younger gamers and also you’re going to listen to me say this persistently: I’m within the enterprise of protecting good gamers. That’s our plan,” Glenn stated. “That’s for anyone, identical to [Jamien] Sherwood, identical to any participant we draft on this crew. I need to make it a pattern that our guys that we draft we attempt to hold them right here. I don’t know if that had occurred earlier than, however I do know once I was a participant we tried to do this as a lot as doable.
“To me, that’s one of the best type of free company, signing your individual guys. As a lot as we are able to do this, we’re going to attempt to. It’s one thing that we need to have a look at. We need to hold these guys. They’re good gamers. I’m within the enterprise of protecting good gamers.”
