
September 22nd, 2026
Afforded a day to ruminate and an opportunity to align himself with the legions of New York Jets faithful aggrieved by his late-game clock management and pivotal decisions that rebounded calamitously in a defeat at the hands of the Green Bay Packers, coach Aaron Glenn elected instead to entrench himself further.
No contrition.
No retrospective equivocation.
No mea culpas in the wake of his fourth-quarter decisions that may well have cost the Jets their first 2-0 start in 11 years.
Facing a fourth-and-1 from the 50-yard line with 1:20 remaining in regulation and the score knotted at 17, the Jets elected to go for it.
Braelon Allen was stuffed for no gain, surrendering the ball on downs and bequeathing the Packers both ample time and favorable field position.
"Man, we were going to try to win the game," Glenn said.
"Listen, I do not regret that decision, not one bit."
Upon Christian Watson's being brought down subsequent to a completed pass, the Packers confronted a fourth-and-5 from the Jets' 45-yard line with 1:05 remaining.
Glenn demurred from calling a timeout — he retained two — and instead Green Bay permitted the clock to wind down.
The Packers were flagged for delay of game, occasioning a 10-second runoff, whereupon they took a timeout to attempt a Hail Mary with 2 seconds left.
Glenn at last called a timeout to marshal the defense, which sacked Jordan Love, consigning the game to overtime.
Matt LaFleur, the Packers' head coach, found himself utterly nonplussed by Glenn's decision.
"Oh, indeed, I was taken aback," LaFleur remarked.
"I was utterly confounded by that, which is precisely why we elected to call a timeout and attempt a Hail Mary."
The Packers emerged triumphant, prevailing 20-17 in overtime.
Glenn’s steadfastness may not be quite the celebrated “No Ragrets” line from the 2013 comedy film “We’re the Millers,” yet on Monday one can wager that a great many Jets fans would find themselves able to relate to the scene in which the character Scottie P. proudly displays a large chest tattoo bearing the word “Regrets” misspelled as “Ragrets,” and declares that he has none.
Glenn's doubling down was likewise redolent of Nathaniel Hackett's notorious insistence that he had acted rightly in his Denver debut by settling for a 64-yard field goal attempt after crossing midfield in the waning seconds in Seattle.
That confounding debacle marred his head-coaching debut and vitiated Russell Wilson’s homecoming.
Tom Brady left a multitude of adversaries cursing in his wake as he amassed seven Super Bowl victories over the course of an incomparable playing career—one that ought to enshrine him in Canton, Ohio, come 2028.
He let slip an expletive upon viewing a replay of Jayden Daniels' gruesome elbow injury on Sunday.
"Oh (blast!)" Brady exclaimed.
"Pray, forgive me — I was scarcely anticipating that."
On Monday night, Peyton Manning — yet another quarterback icon — exhibited a markedly subdued reaction to New York Giants QB Jaxson Dart's left-knee injury sustained against the Los Angeles Rams.
"Good heavens!" Manning ejaculated.
"Good heavens! No, no, no, no, no!
That is decidedly not what we wish to behold.
Good Lord!"
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