Aaron Glenn is meeting with the New York Jets on Tuesday to interview for their open head coaching job, and NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports the Jets’ goal is to not let him leave the building. It says enough that Glenn met with the Jets before flying in for a sit-down with the New Orleans Saints later this week. That the Jets are this determined to seal the deal suggests it could get done quickly, and the Saints could miss out on their top target without ever getting another chance to speak with him.
And the Jets have something they can offer Glenn that the Saints just can’t match: the opportunity to work with his own general manager, not an already-installed made man like Mickey Loomis. NFL insider Josina Anderson reports that Washington Commanders assistant general manager Lance Newmark is already in New York visiting with the Jets to discuss their GM opening. Before he came to Washington, Newmark spent several years working with Glenn on the Detroit Lions.
So if Glenn wants to set up a real partnership with Newmark like Dan Campbell and Brad Holmes have built in Detroit, that just might be the tipping point between choosing the Jets or the Saints.
Nothing has been signed yet, and these meetings may not go the way Glenn or Newmark hope. But for now all the Saints can do is wait and watch.