The New York Jets reached a new low in 2025, their first year under head coach Aaron Glenn, with their worst record since a 2-14 campaign in 2020.

Beyond that, the team was just uncompetitive. They got off to an abysmal 0-7 start while finishing the season with the worst December point differential in NFL history.

Yes, it was that ugly.

However, Glenn received a mulligan and a second opportunity to get the Jets back on track, instead of the organization canning him after an atrocious first year.

And, to his credit, so far this season, there are some early signs that he wrote some wrongs while taking a more appropriate track.

In his second offseason, he made many changes to his coaching staff, adding new assistants and two new coordinators.

Speaking with The Athletic’s Jonathan Jones, an anonymous assistant coach from last year’s team called the squad’s December stretch the “worst football experience I’ve ever had.”

To close the season, New York trotted out undrafted rookie quarterback Brady Cook to start the team’s final four games, contributing to that league-worst point differential.

Cook’s 28.6 grade from Pro Football Focus set the record for the worst single-season mark among signal-callers with at least 150 dropbacks since PFF’s inception in 2006.

His 1-to-13 ratio of big-time throws to turnover-worthy throws was also the worst ratio among QBs in the PFF era.

Another assistant, though, had a different perspective, believing the roster that Glenn had was very difficult to win with.

“The team that A.G. took over, they were a five-win team, and we got rid of all the best players,” he said. “I’m not saying those weren’t the right decisions. You had an old roster, but you’ve got to be realistic and live with the consequences.”

Glenn struggled independent of the roster, though. Even as a non-play-calling coach in his first season in the role, he consistently struggled with game-management decisions.

By retaining Glenn for a second season, the Jets are taking a gamble that he will be a historic outlier. Since 1980, only four coaches have led their team to the playoffs after starting 0-6 in its first year with the organization. Those coaches include Jimmy Johnson, Kyle Shanahan, Ben Johnson and Zac Taylor. Johnson is the only defensive coach in that bunch.

With a much-improved roster entering 2026, the Jets will quickly discover whether Glenn can cut it.

Either way, it’s pretty obvious that a quote from an anonymous former coach wasn’t needed to understand how rough it was for the 2025 New York Jets down the stretch.