For anyone on the outside looking in, the annual NFL Scouting Combine feels like a glorified farce. It feels like it encourages a lot of open (irresponsible) projection about incoming NFL prospects. But if you’re actually attending the event as a scout or coach, you should probably do everything you can to maximize your time in Indianapolis. That, or ensure you got enough sleep the night before. It’s a busy weekend. You need your energy.
Both of these concepts are evidently lost on second-year New York Jets head coach Aaron Glenn.
Glenn, who is currently trying to steer the Jets out of their latest oblivion (one he is largely responsible for), was caught on camera dozing off in the middle of positional drills on Thursday. In all honesty, it’s not that big of a deal. Glenn was caught on camera in a weak moment, and we shouldn’t overanalyze it. I’d venture to guess that all of us non-NFL coaches also have our weak moments during our respective workdays, but there isn’t someone filming us. This could have happened to anyone. But when you’re trying to rebound from a three-win season at the helm of one of the NFL’s preeminent, moribund franchises, maybe you should be more cognizant of optics.
Maybe you should realize that, as one of only 32 coaches, a camera will very likely and eventually veer over to where you’re sitting in any public setting. Alas, I can’t be too harsh on Glenn here. Judging by the miserable, aimless coaching job he did in his first year with the Jets, it doesn’t seem like Glenn is aware of optics at all.
Being caught sleeping with everyone watching at one of the NFL’s biggest events of the calendar kinda feels like it’s par for the course for him:
Somebody probably alerted Jets HC Aaron Glenn that he’s asleep on live television. #NFLpic.twitter.com/VxqNpzcMai
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) February 26, 2026
Good luck to the Jets as they try to engineer their first successful rebuild in years under Glenn. It seems apparent they’re going to need it.
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