NFL's dumbest moment of Week 2 goes to Jets coach Aaron Glenn who played not to lose at end of regulation
Sometimes, the dumbest play of the week in the NFL is not actually a play at all but a play-call or decision by a coach.
We're looking at you, Aaron Glenn .
The New York Jets coach, in his second season with the Jets making all the decisions, has been a study in inconsistency with his clock management.
And he was downright worthy of hard questioning on Sunday after a 20-17 overtime loss to the Green Bay Packers – because maybe this game didn't need to go to overtime at all.
STEFON DIGGS GUILTY OF NFL'S DUMBEST MOVE OF WEEK 1 AND IT MAY HAVE DECIDED COMMANDERS LOSS TO EAGLES But Glenn curiously decided it would.
In the fourth quarter, you see, the Packers had the ball and the Jets limited them to a 5-yard completion on third-and-10.
So the Packers faced a fourth-down play with about 50 seconds left to play.
Glenn could have immediately called time out.
He could have immediately forced the Packers to punt on fourth down from midfield and given his offense one final opportunity in regulation to perhaps run three or four plays, get in field goal range, and pull out a win.
Glenn had timeouts.
But he didn't use them.
He apparently didn't even think of using them.
"I didn't," Glenn admitted after the game.
"I didn't consider using that.
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