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Hour 2: Jets Coaching and Yankees Ownership

The Michael Kay Show

October 19, 2026

Is coaching holding the Jets back? Does Hal Steinbrenner care about winning?

Speakers Michael Kay

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Welcome back to the show, everybody. We talked about the Giants losing to the Saints. The Jets lost to the Patriots. And to be honest, they didn't get embarrassed. They had an opportunity at the end if they could have recovered an onside kick, but they didn't. But they lose by 7, 26-19. They've been awful in Foxborough forever. I think they won in 15 in their last 16 games. They're getting closer, but they still keep making mistakes. They make clock mistakes. They make mistakes about discipline, penalties. They just don't do the little things. When they win games, they win games against teams that it doesn't shock anybody that they won a game. But do they ever knock off a team that they're not supposed to beat? That's a big question. That's the next step. So they're 2 and 4

And this is an NFL now where a lot of teams are bad. A lot of teams have close to 500 records. I mean, look at the Rams. Look at the Chargers, and 6

So 2 and 4 is not hideous, but at some point, you've got to win a game that nobody thinks you're going to win. And the Jets haven't done that. And the one thing that's unusual, you look at how the Giants play, right? Malik Nabors is targeted constantly, likely is targeted constantly. Yesterday, really, where was Garrett Wilson?

Now, I know the Patriots had Gonzalez on them. He's an outstanding cover, but outstanding receivers can beat outstanding covers. They could.

And they hardly went to him. You're not going to win games. You are not going to win games unless you get the ball to Garrett Wilson. The Giants know they're not going to win games unless they get the ball to Nabors, unless they get the ball to Likely, and they do.

That's why they're actually in first place right now. But you look at the Jets and you scratch your head and what are you doing?

They weren't able to get to Drake May. Despite the fact that New England lost 3 of its offensive linemen, they could not get to Drake May. There's a game right there.

They're just not doing the little things. And is that because they don't have enough talent? Or is that because the coach isn't good? It seems like jet fans every single week that want to pile up receipts that Aaron Glenn is not the coach. I look at yesterday, they're not a well-oiled team. But they're coming from way, way down to try to get to be just decent. I don't know if yesterday was on Aaron Glenn. Yeah, do I think he's a great coach? No, but those that want him fired right now, I mean, stop yourself. Would you say that about other coaches? Why? He had a bad year last year, was a bad team. He made a lot of mistakes with his coaching staff, with the quarterback that he and Muge chose. But Muge's made some really good trades. You look at their first round last year, the three players they picked have all been really, really good. That's a good sign. Now, it's a good sign for Muge. But is Aaron Glenn the guy to take him to the next step? But I got to tell you this, I'm not making that decision at two and four. You're out of your mind. Let the guy have a year. Last year, I say, OK, that's a scholarship year. Anybody that wanted to get rid of him after one year. Well, I mean, you just have it out for him. No coach should be fired after one year. The NFL, it's too difficult. It's too difficult of a job to get rid of a guy after one year. Two years, different story, different story. But remember, the coach that they wanted was Mike Vrabel. They brought him in first. Didn't happen, did it? Because he wanted the Patriot job and he took it. So at least their radar was right with Vrabel.

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