Before Drew Brees knew Aaron Glenn as a teammate and coach, there was a rule that one of the NFL's all-time great quarterbacks applied to head to Glenn as a cornerback.
“I've played against very few guys in my career where there was a zone where you really couldn't throw,” Brees told the Post. “We had a north low zone against Aaron Glenn. He never threw a cut inside 5-12 yards. He jumps it and picks it up every time. Forget about him. had so much awareness and skill that you had to be very careful.”
One day after Glenn was hired as the Jets' head coach, Brees spoke Thursday on behalf of Bounty's “Everybody's Wingman” Super Bowl campaign, promoting the need for winged paper towels.
Super Bowl LIX will be played on February 9th in New Orleans and Brees is a legend.
“What I always knew about AG was that he was strong and competitive,” Brees said. “But he was a leader of men who earned a lot of respect from his teammates because of the way he prepared and the way he played. “When this guy gets into coaching, he's on a fast track.” I felt that. ”
Brees and head coach Sean Payton were the pillars that transformed the Saints' identity from lovable losers into one of the NFL's winningest franchises of the 21st century.
Glenn was exposed to their culture as a player in 2008, was their defensive backs coach from 2016-2020, and then led the Lions' tortured history on defense under Dan Campbell for the past four seasons. I helped rewrite it as a coordinator.
Sounds like a cure to get rid of the “same old jet” mantra.
“He knows what it’s like to create that type of environment,” Brees said. “You have a very defined plan, standards, and chain of accountability. Those are the people I want when creating an open door policy.
“You're saying you'll be honest with me, you'll push me, you'll get the best of me, and we're gonna accomplish great things together? Sign up for that That's what AG represents. The guys he had a chance to be around too, that was their MO. He does it in his own way.”
One of Glenn's first direction-defining decisions will be whether to move forward with 41-year-old quarterback Aaron Rodgers. That's if Rodgers is even interested in returning instead of retiring.
“He's kind of the last of that generation,” Brees said, referring to himself and contemporaries Peyton and Eli Manning, Ben Roethlisberger, Philip Rivers and Tom Brady. “But there's a lot of great QB plays right now. Look at all the quarterbacks that have come out. [in the draft] last year. ”
Brees retired after 41 seasons, going 9-3 before and after a shoulder injury.
However, he had the luxury of playing in the same offense under Payton and right-hander Pete Carmichael Jr. from 2006-20.
So what adjustments does Rodgers need to make to continue? Brees avoided a separate evaluation of Rodgers' play and future.
“For any athlete, father time always wins out, so physical skills start to decline and it becomes difficult to stay healthy,” Brees said. “That doesn't mean you can't still do certain things at a high level. You put yourself in situations where you can exercise the skill set that you still have and are very good at and you Towards the end of my career I couldn't push the ball past 50 yards, but I completed 75% of my passes within 30 yards, but about that. There's nothing you can do. There's a way to win every game.”
Whether there's one or two Aarons trying to win over the Jets remains to be seen.
