Former Jets GM says fans should trust 'long-term plan' with Aaron Glenn despite top coaches available

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Mike Tannenbaum may be biased, but he's confident in the New York Jets.

Tannenbaum's "The 33rd Team" helped the Jets, of whom Tannenbaum was the general manager from 2006 to 2012, determine that Aaron Glenn would be their head coach heading into the 2025 season.

However, the season was one to forget, as they went 3-14 and became the first team not to record an interception in an entire season. They also lost each of their final five games by at least 23 points, another NFL first.

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Head coach Aaron Glenn of the New York Jets before the New England Patriots game at MetLife Stadium on Dec. 28, 2025, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Evan Bernstein/Getty Images)

Glenn remains employed by the Jets despite Mike Tomlin, John Harbaugh, Kevin Stefanski and numerous others being available. The Jets could go the easy route and go with experience over what is a project that has gotten off to a brutal start, but Tannenbaum seemed to believe he wanted the Jets to trust the process.

"It was great to be part of the search a year ago. It was a great, great experience. And I think Aaron Glenn’s going to be a really good coach long term," Tannenbaum told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. "I'm not part of the organization, obviously, so it wouldn’t be fair for me to comment on what they should or should not, but I very much believe in Aaron Glenn and think he'll be a good coach long term. 

"One of the things that I think they deserve credit is they clearly have a long-term plan, without question, in terms of the picks, the draft capital, and I think Aaron Glenn and (general manager) Darren Mougey