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New York Jets coach Aaron Glenn seemed offended when he was asked after Week 6 if he'd bench Justin Fields. In Week 7, he benched Fields at halftime. Then a day after that Glenn said that before making a decision on Fields going forward he was consulting other coaches who had been in the same situation. 

The entire sequence was odd and confusing, but that's nothing new for the 2025 Jets. 

The Jets are the last winless team in the NFL. They're as bad as their 0-7 record would indicate, and they seem to be getting worse every week. Fields has less than 100 passing yards in the Jets' last two games combined, but he's only one of the team's problems. 

The Jets don't execute anything well. They make undisciplined mistakes. There have been game-management issues. And a lot of that falls on Glenn.

Glenn came from the Detroit Lions, who started 0-10-1 in Dan Campbell's first season as a head coach. There were plenty of questions about Campbell then, and he has turned into one of the NFL's best coaches. Glenn, who was a highly respected defensive coordinator, is a head coach for the first time and there can be an adjustment period for any rookie. There's still time for him to turn things around. 

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But after seven games, it's hard to find any signs that Glenn was the right hire. He could turn into an excellent head coach, like Campbell. There's just no tangible evidence yet. The quarterback weirdness is just the latest episode. 

The Jets' offense is 30th in DVOA, which can be blamed on picking the wrong quarterback in Fields this offseason and (with Garrett Wilson out with an injury) a lack of playmakers around him. But defense is supposed to be Glenn's specialty, the Jets do have talent on that side and they're only 24th in defensive DVOA. A team that's bad on both sides of the ball can't be bad in game management, but in Week 6 against Denver the Jets oddly let the first half run out when it was already clear that there wouldn't be many points scored in the game. Glenn admitted later he could have managed that differently. 

Seven games is rarely enough to make a judgment on a head coach (though it took fewer than seven games to know all about Urban Meyer and Nathaniel Hackett). Nobody should be thinking about Glenn being a one-and-done coach yet. It just hasn't been good yet. And it's fair to start wondering when the positive signs are coming. 

Panic meter: There are alarms, but let's try to be patient

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Steelers' defense lets Joe Flacco cook

Justin Fields, who might be benched for Week 8, led the Jets to 32 points against the Steelers in Week 1. Carson Wentz had 350 yards against the Steelers in Week 4. Then the coup de grace: Joe Flacco torched the Steelers for 342 yards and three touchdowns in a Bengals win just nine days after Cincinnati acquired him in a trade. 

The Steelers have faced some bad quarterbacks and made most of them look good. The loss last week was startling. Flacco has the ability to make the Bengals' offense better than it was with Jake Browning, but he's not a great quarterback at age 40. He just looked like it against the Steelers' defense. 

Is their defense simply terrible? They're 20th in DVOA, 18th in points allowed and 28th in yards allowed. There's no evidence it is good this season, which is unusual. Given the limitations of the offense, it's going to be hard for Pittsburgh to make the playoffs if this is the defense's true level all season. 

Panic meter: They made Joe Flacco look like an MVP; it's definitely time to panic

OK, that Giants collapse

When you lead 19-0 to start the fourth quarter, and 26-8 with less than six minutes to go, a loss is unfathomable. The Giants pulled it off. 

The Broncos' unbelievable comeback came at the expense of the Giants. Jaxson Dart had a good game but his fourth quarter interception was horrendous and turned the game around. The Giants' defense fell apart. Special teams had a say too, with two missed extra points. 

Yet, in a season that probably wasn't resulting in a playoff berth anyway, there were still things to feel good about. Namely, Dart looks fantastic other than one bad mistake. New York has many exciting young players. And don't forget, a week earlier they beat the Eagles. But yeah, it'll take a while to get over that one. 

Panic meter: That loss wasn't fun, but it'll be OK

Mike Evans to miss most of Bucs' season

You knew Evans' injury had to be very serious when he let go of the ball. He looked like he had a great catch on Monday night at Detroit but it was actually a horrendous moment for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and their star receiver. Evans made the catch but suffered a concussion and a broken collarbone when he came down. Evans let the ball go due to the injuries before he completed the catch, then stayed down for a few moments. Buccaneers fans had to know it was bad before the official word came down on the severity of the injury. The broken collarbone will keep him out at least most of the Buccaneers' season, coach Todd Bowles said. 

It's a rough blow for one of the NFL's best receivers. The Buccaneers are 6-2 and leading the NFC South, but Evans' injury clearly lowers their ceiling this season. The offense gets thin without him, especially considering Chris Godwin has struggled to return from an ankle injury that ended his 2024 season. This is bad news for the Buccaneers. They're not the same team until Evans returns, if he does at all. 

Panic meter: Be worried Buccaneers fans, this won't be the same team without Evans

Roob's Eagles Stats: A Jalen Hurts special edition after another masterpiece originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

Whenever Jalen Hurts has one of these special, unforgettable, historic performances – like the 319-yard, four-touchdown game in Washington in 2023, the four-TD game against the Steelers in 2022, the Super Bowl in February – we like to break our weekly Eagles Stats piece into two parts.

A Jalen edition and a non-Jalen edition!

Sunday certainly qualified as special and unforgettable, as Hurts completed 19 of 23 passes for 326 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions in the Eagles’ 28-22 win over the Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium.

Here’s our Special Edition Jalen Hurts Stats after the greatest regular-season performance of his career.

1. Hurts’ 108.9 passer rating is highest in Eagles history through seven games. The previous high was Carson Wentz’s 108.1 in 2018. Hurts is only the third quarterback ever with 70 percent completion percentage, 11 or more passing TDs and one or fewer interceptions through seven games. The others are Alex Smith in 2017 and Drew Brees in 2018. 

2A. The Vikings went into the game Sunday with the No. 2 pass defense in the NFL, allowing just 157.6 yards per game. Hurts became only the third player in history with a perfect 158.3 rating against a team ranked first or second in pass defense going into the game. Former Eagle Ken O’Brien did it with the Jets against the top-ranked Seahawks in Week 9 of the 1986 season and Kerry Collins of the Giants did it in Week 16 of the 2002 season against the 2^nd-ranked Colts defense.

2B. And this is an odd one, but the most-accurate games of Hurts’ career and three of the five-most accurate games have come against the Vikings. He completed a career-high 83.9 percent in a 2022 win at the Linc, 82.6 percent Sunday and 78.3 percent in a win at the Linc in 2023. Only Aaron Rodgers has completed 78 percent of his passes in more games against the Vikings – and he’s faced them 31 times. Hurts has faced them three times. Hurts’ 81.8 career completion percentage is highest in history vs. the Vikings (minimum 50 attempts). Chad Pennington is second at 77.9. Hurts’ 123.6 passer rating is also highest ever vs. the Vikings. Gary Cuozzo, a New Jersey native who played for the Colts, Saints, Vikings and Cardinals in the 1960s and early 1970s, is second at 117.4.

3. Hurts completed 82 percent of his passes Sunday for 326 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions against the Vikings. He’s the first quarterback in Eagles history to complete 82 percent of his passes for at least 300 yards and three TDs with no INTs. Even if you take out the interceptions and passing yards, only Hurts and Donovan McNabb have had a game completing at least 80 percent of their passes with three TDs. McNabb did it in 2002 vs. the Cards and 2007 vs. the Lions. Hurts is the 23^rd QB in NFL history with an 82-325-3-0 game. 

4. Hurts became only the third Eagles quarterback ever to fashion a perfect passer rating. Donovan McNabb did it against the Lions in 2007 (81 percent, 381 yards, 4 TDs, 0 INTs) and Nick Foles against the Raiders in 2013 (79 percent, 406 yards, 7 TDs, 0 INTs). Only 31 other quarterbacks have ever had a 158.3 (minimum 20 attempts). The only other QB with a 158.3 vs. the Vikings is Jared Goff with the Rams in 2018. 

5. Hurts’ 14.2 yards per attempt Sunday is 6^th-highest in Eagles history and 3^rd-highest in the last 50 years, behind the Foles Raiders game in 2013 (14.5) and the Donovan game against the Lions in 2007 (14.7). Hall of Famer Sonny Jurgensen has the two-highest yards-per-attempt games in Eagles history – 16.3 against the Cowboys in 1962 and 15.3 against the Cowboys in 1961. Hurts is only the fifth QB ever to complete 82 percent of his passes, average 14 yards per completion, throw three TDs and pass for at least 325 yards with no interceptions. The others are Johnny Unitas of the Colts in Atlanta in 1967, Peyton Manning with the Colts vs. the Broncos in 2004, Tom Brady with the Patriots in Miami in 2007 and Jared Goff last year against the Jaguars.

6. Hurts now has 44 career games with a passer rating over 100. Only four quarterbacks have had more in their first six seasons – Patrick Mahomes (57), Russell Wilson (52), Dak Prescott (45) and Josh Allen (44). Hurts could have as many as 10 more starts this year. In his last 24 games, Hurts has a 108.3 passer rating – highest in Eagles history by a QB over any 24-game span. He has 31 touchdown passes and four interceptions in those 24 games with a 69.6 completion percentage. 

7. Hurts’ 79-yard touchdown pass to DeVonta Smith was the longest offensive touchdown of the Nick Sirianni Era and the Eagles’ longest touchdown pass since Hurts’ 82-yarder to DeSean Jackson in a 37-17 loss in Dallas in Hurts’ third career start in 2020. The longest previous offensive TD during Sirianni’s five years with the Eagles was Gardner Minshew’s 78-yarder to A.J. Brown against the Saints in 2023. The Eagles’ longest offensive play since 2021 is Quez Watkins’ 91-yard catch that didn’t go for a touchdown against the 49ers in 2021. Watkins is now on the Eagles’ practice squad. 

8A. With one interception in 195 attempts this year – and two INTs in his last 487 pass attempts going back to the Saints game in Week 3 last year – Hurts is now 8^th-best in NFL history with one INT every 53.4 pass attempts in his career (minimum 2,000 attempts). He’s just behind Lamar Jackson (one every 53.620) and Russell Wilson (53.623). 

8B. Hurts is only the second quarterback in history with two interceptions in a span of 19 starts. Aaron Rodgers had two INTs during a 19-game span with the Packers over the 2018 and 2019 seasons. Only Hurts has completed over 68 percent of his passes with two or fewer INTs in any 19-game span.

9. With his 37-yard TD pass to A.J. Brown on 4^th-and-3, Hurts now has four career 4^th-down touchdown passes of at least 30 yards, the 2^nd-most in NFL history. He also had a 32-yarder to Greg Ward against the Packers in 2020 at Lambeau after replacing Carson Wentz in his final appearance as an Eagle and 41-yarders against the Giants to DeVonta Smith in 2022 and to Brown in 2024. The only player with more TD passes of at least 30 yards on fourth down is Andy Dalton, who had five from 2013 through 2021, including a 66-yarder to former Eagle John Ross with the Bengals in 2019 against the 49ers and a 49-yarder to former Eagle Marquise Goodwin with the Bears against the Ravens in 2021. The longest 4^th-down TD pass in Eagles history was a 57-yarder from Brian Mitchell to Brian Dawkins on a fake punt vs. the Texans in 2002.

10. Hurts now has 155 combined rushing and passing touchdowns in 73 career starts. Only five quarterbacks in NFL History have recorded more combined touchdowns in their first 73 games: Patrick Mahomes (188, 179-9), Dan Marino (173, 170-3), Aaron Rodgers (175, 159-16), Josh Allen (166, 129-37) and Daunte Culpepper (157, 129-28). So Hurts has produced more touchdowns in his first 73 starts than 35 of 36 quarterbacks in the Hall of Fame. 

Ridiculous Bonus Stat A: Until Sunday, the only time two quarterbacks drafted by the Eagles threw for 300 yards on the same day was Dec. 5, 2004, when Donovan McNabb passed for 357 yards in an Eagles loss to the Packers and A.J. Feeley threw for 303 yards in a Dolphins loss to the Bills. 

Ridiculous Bonus Stat B: Most 300-yard passing games by quarterbacks drafted by the Eagles for other teams: Randall Cunningham (7), Frank Tripucka (5), Carson Wentz (4), Matt Barkley (3), Bob Berry (3), Jack Concannon (2), Kevin Kolb (2), Nick Foles (1), A.J. Feeley (1).