Jets facing uphill Arrowhead battle against Chiefs in important get right game
KANSAS CITY, Mo.— The last time the Jets beat the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium, their starting cornerback was Aaron Glenn. That game was on Nov.
1, 1998, when Glenn and the Jets, coached by Bill Parcells, beat the Chiefs 20-17.The Jets have lost in their past four visits since then.
They have had terrible losses there, like the season opener in 2005, and horrible individual performances like Ryan Fitzpatrick throwing six interceptions in 2016. Text with Brian Costello all season as he brings Sports+ subscribers the latest Jets intel from on the field and off.The Jets have failed to score a touchdown in their past two games at Arrowhead, settling for four field goals.
Michael Vick is the last Jets quarterback to throw a touchdown pass there.Their last game there was in 2020. That is the backdrop for this Sunday’s return to a stadium that has not been kind to the Jets.
Glenn is back, now the head coach, and in desperate need of a win.His team is 2-6 and has lost its past three games. Getting a win Sunday won’t be easy against Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes and a 5-2 Chiefs team that has lost its past two games, and enters this one hoping the Jets can be a “get right” game. The Jets are not just facing a tough Chiefs team, but an environment that can overwhelm visiting teams.
Kansas City is 3-0 at home this year. “It’s a great venue, especially guys that haven’t had a chance to play in that atmosphere,” Glenn said.“It really starts with the national anthem, and just seeing the sea of red around and how the fans are so involved and the team in all aspects.
But for any team, man once you start playing, you really block a lot of that out, and you just focus on the down-by-down basis of what you have to do.” You don’t have to tell Jets defensive tackle Harrison Phillips about the horrors of Arrowhead.He was on the 2021 Bills team that was 13 seconds away from winning the AFC divisional round game when Kansas City came back to win. “I...