Moments after the Jets had completed their second practice of rookie minicamp, HC Aaron Glenn provided insight on his message to the players assembled at 1 Jets Drive.
"I told those guys it doesn't really matter where you're from, even what you did," he said of a group comprised of several holdovers, the seven-player draft class, 15 UDFAs and 12 tryouts. "The thing is they've all done a great job to get in the building. And once you get in the building – you have a shot. I thought it was important for them to understand that – I thought it was important for them to understand the direction of what we're trying to do in this camp, and it wasn't a true physical camp. But there were three things that I wanted to get out of these guys. What I wanted to know is can they learn, one, two, are they coachable and three, can they play special teams. And I think a lot of those guys answered those questions, so that was my message to those guys, and I thought those guys did a really good job."
Glenn, who spent the previous nine seasons as the New Orleans Saints defensive backs coach (2016-20) and Detroit Lions defensive coordinator (2021-24), is running the entire show for the first time.
"Now my focus is on the whole team but it's outstanding for me to get the chance to go to ever position and be able to give my opinions on how they should do things and try to help those guys be successful," he said. "That's the fun thing about coaching, that's the fun thing about my development as a coach, to be able to go with the quarterbacks and talk to those guys, the running backs, the D-line, the linebackers. So that was the change of being able to move around the field and being able to coach every position."