Aaron Glenn backs Geno Smith to lead Jets to 'promised land' despite latest interception-riddled season

Despite starring the NFL successful interceptions during a turbulent play with the Raiders, Geno Smith appears poised to instrumentality the New York Jets to caller heights successful his 2nd stint, according to his coach, astatine least.

While Smith’s reunion with the squad that drafted him is wide viewed arsenic a short-term reply to the team’s backmost questions, caput manager Aaron Glenn suggested helium is the close backmost to extremity the Jets’ league-leading playoff drought.

"I conscionable consciousness similar he's the feline that's going to pb america to the promised land," Glenn told reporters Tuesday astatine the NFL's yearly gathering successful Arizona.

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New York Jets caput manager Aaron Glenn during a crippled against the Denver Broncos Oct. 12, 2025, successful London. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

The Jets won conscionable 3 games past play and person not reached the postseason since 2010. Smith returns aft throwing 17 interceptions with the Las Vegas Raiders.

Smith had immoderate occurrence starring up to his determination to Las Vegas, earning a 2nd consecutive Pro Bowl enactment successful 2023 with the Seattle Seahawks. After missing the playoffs successful 2024, helium was traded to the Raiders.

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Glenn acknowledged the ups-and-downs of Smith's career. 

"Listen, I cognize helium had his struggles," helium said. "I deliberation a batch of quarterbacks, they person their struggles.

New York Jets backmost Geno Smith passes the shot against the Baltimore Ravens during a crippled astatine MetLife Stadium Oct. 23, 2016, successful East Rutherford, N.J.  (Al Pereira/Getty Images)

"But I bash cognize this: He understands precisely what happened past year. I don't privation to get excessively acold into that due to the fact that I wasn't there, obviously, with the Raiders. But I bash cognize that, man, determination are immoderate things that helium knows helium tin correct. He's astatine responsibility connected immoderate of those, but determination are immoderate things that helium knows that he's going to get amended at, and I look guardant to him doing that."

The 2027 NFL Draft backmost people continues to beryllium highly touted. However, Glenn doubled down connected the contiguous and his content successful Smith arsenic "the cleanable feline to acceptable precisely what we're going to do" from an violative standpoint.

Geno Smith (7) of the Las Vegas Raiders walks connected the tract aft halftime of a crippled against the Kansas City Chiefs astatine Allegiant Stadium connected Jan. 04, 2026 successful Las Vegas, Nevada.   (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

"I deliberation he's going to make immoderate harm due to the fact that of the limb talent," Glenn continued. "And, man, he's grown truthful overmuch arsenic acold arsenic his smarts, arsenic acold arsenic IDs, arsenic acold arsenic extortion and things similar that."

After throwing 21 interceptions against 12 touchdowns successful his rookie year, Smith evened his touchdown-to-interception ratio successful 2014, throwing 13 successful each category.  A breached jaw helium sustained successful an altercation with a teammate sidelined Smith for respective weeks successful 2015. After continued uneven play, helium yet mislaid his occupation permanently.

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Glenn said the Jets considered Smith’s past earlier the commercialized but concluded it would not beryllium "a detriment to america arsenic an organization." He added Smith welcomed the return, calling it a "full-circle moment."

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