Aaron Glenn is done waiting for his young coaching staff to develop. After just a single season in which the New York Jets won just three games, the second-year coach has executed changes across the board.

Seven assistant coaches have been fired, including passing game coordinator Scott Turner, quarterback coach Charles London, and every key member of their defensive staff. Remember, Glenn fired defensive coordinator Steve Wilks midway through the 2025 season.

One coach who did not see his name amongst the purge was offensive coordinator Tanner Engstrand. In his first year of calling plays, Engstrand developed a popular scheme that kept receivers open and created a top-10 rushing offense.

However, with a lack of development at quarterback and injuries to many receivers, the Jets’ offense ranked among the worst in the league.

Engstrand may be safe, but that doesn’t mean his role will be the same, according to the latest reports.

Jets offensive coordinator questions

Aaron Wilson, a reporter for KPRC in Houston, was the first to break the news of the Jets’ coaching purge on Friday. He was also the one to acknowledge that the “responsibilities, structure, and role” of Engstrand could look different in 2026.

In short, while Engstrand may be on the staff, it may not be as the team’s play-caller on that side of the ball.

A clear demotion would be something of a surprise for one of the last coaches standing on Glenn’s staff. While the statistics were not pretty for Engstrand, he was the lone coach who appeared to be set up to fail more than anyone else in 2025.

It was not Engstrand’s call to make Justin Fields the team’s starting quarterback. Thanks in large part to that signing, the Jets’ offense was essentially calling plays and producing with one arm tied behind its back.

The team lacked a competent quarterback to put forth an in-depth passing game. When an organization has a deficient player like Fields (or Brady Cook, later in the year), nothing is going to look good, independent of the play-caller.

Therefore, it’s fair to question whether or not Glenn’s push to hold coaches “accountable” holds much water. Did Engstrand, or any of the other recently axed coaches, have a fair shake of it?

While the numbers were never kind to Glenn, the tape told a different story.

Engstrand’s passing concepts fit the modern mold in the 2025 season, and his run game finished in the top 10. Both should be feathers in the cap for the play-caller and show he has a good handle on what the Jets should look like on offense.

Pulling the rug out from under him would feel more like a reactive move to show the team that the team is making a change than an effort to understand what kind of change is needed.

The New York Jets needed a new quarterback coach and quarterback. Going further will only add to the fans’ offseason skepticism.

Worse yet, this potentially places Tanner Engstrand in a no-win situation in 2026.