Quinnen Williams new outlook comes with super confidence in Aaron Glenns Jets direction

Quinnen Williams swapped his dread of a rebuild for restored faith in the Jets after spending time around Aaron Glenn. Throw a superhero’s cape into the trade, too. The Feb.9 news that the Glenn-coached Jets were cutting Aaron Rodgers hit hard for Williams, who tweeted “another rebuild year for me, I guess,” with a thumbs-down emoji. But three months later — after the second OTA practice in the third phase of voluntary offseason workouts — Williams has a different outlook. “It was an immature thing for me to do at the moment — out of emotions, out of frustration,” Williams said Wednesday afternoon.

“I hadn’t talked to Aaron previous to that.Just looking at it as trying to grow as a leader.

Talking to him and the staff gave me a super, super excited, super, super confidence that we are going in the right direction to win football games and do the things that I want to do.” What exactly does Williams — the second longest-tenured Jet — want to accomplish under the third head coach and fourth defensive coordinator (Steve Wilks) of his seven-year career? Start with getting the team into the playoffs for the first time since 2010. “Change the whole narrative of the New York Jets losing streaks or the playoff [droughts] and different things like that,” Williams said.“I was drafted here a long time ago, and I was paid to help change things around.

And I wear that as a badge of honor and cape to make sure that before I leave this game the New York Jets are going to be on top, the New York Jets are going to be the team to watch.I kind of live that every day, and I want everybody around me to be that.” Williams is coming off a third straight Pro Bowl season, but he has totaled just 11.5 sacks over the past two years — down from the career-high 12 in 2022 that helped him land a four-year, $96 million extension. His run defense grade fell to No.

46 among defensive tackles, according to Pro Football Focus. “[I made] a lot of mist...