Aaron Glenn reveals his thinking on two pivotal decisions that burned Jets

A day after suffering a crushing defeat, Jets head coach Aaron Glenn is sticking to the questionable decisions that helped lead to Sunday’s overtime home loss to the Packers.With under a minute left in the fourth quarter, the head coach opted to not call timeout after Green Bay’s Christian Watson was brought down following a 5-yard catch that set up fourth down.Text with Brian Costello all season as he brings Sports+ subscribers the latest Jets intel from on the field and off.

Instead of forcing a punt and getting the ball back, the Jets allowed Green Bay to run the clock down and let Jordan Love attempt a Hail Mary.The Jets sacked Love, but lost a chance to potentially win the game in regulation.On Monday, Glenn said he and his game management staff decided with the ball at midfield, “We don’t want to put ourselves in a situation where we get our guys in a backed-up situation.”He noted the Packers had a pair of timeouts, as well.“And if you put yourself in a backed-up situation and things don’t go as planned, I think you’re giving the other team an opportunity to go down there and make a play,’’ Glenn said.“I felt like that was the right decision to [make] at that point.

We actually wanted to play for overtime when it came to that.’’That didn’t work out, as the Jets punted in their lone possession in overtime and then allowed Green Bay to kick a game-winning field goal.“There are always gonna be decisions [you question],’’ Glenn said.“Every coach has that.

I think when the clock got to 11 seconds [in the fourth], I could have easily called timeout there and forced a punt, but I don’t think one play determined the outcome of the game.We ended up getting a sack on the play.”But the extra session might not have been necessary if the Jets had executed better earlier in the game.The sequence that stood out the most in the aftermath of the loss came when the Jets had the ball in a tie game in the fourth and opted to run the ...