Three weeks into the NFL season, after suffering two losses by a combined 10 points, New York Jets coach Aaron Glenn held his index finger and thumb inches apart to illustrate how close he felt his team was to a breakthrough.
\n\n“How do we close that gap?” Glenn said Sunday in Detroit, after a loss to the Lions that left the Jets 1-2. “I challenge myself, I challenge the staff, I even challenge the players on let’s identify a couple things that we need to improve on and let’s make sure that we hone in on those things.”
\n\nOne area isn’t hard to find: No team has been worse at intercepting passes in NFL history than the Jets.
\n\nThe league’s record-setting interception-less streak grew to 20 games during New York’s Week 3 loss at Detroit. New York last picked off a pass on Jan. 5, 2025, when it recorded two.
\n\nEver since, the Jets’ defense has faced 608 passes with nary a pick to show for it.
\n\n“That’s hard to do,” former NFL coach John Gruden said on social media this week. “You would think a ball would ricochet into somebody’s hands.”
\n\nDuring Glenn’s 15-year playing career as a defensive…
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