Jets optimistic theyll land Aaron Glenn, Lance Newmark as head coach, GM

The Jets spent Tuesday huddling with their top choices for their head coach and general manager openings but still had not closed a deal with them as of Tuesday night.Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn and Commanders assistant general manager Lance Newmark had second interviews with the Jets.Both interviews were done in-person in Florham Park after their first interviews were done virtually.Both men left the Jets headquarters on Tuesday evening, but there remained optimism that a deal would be struck to make Glenn the next head coach and Newmark the next GM.

The Jets do not have any other second interviews scheduled and these were the first candidates asked back.Glenn could be in demand.The Saints want to have him in for another interview but the weather in New Orleans may help the Jets out.He originally was scheduled to interview with the Saints on Wednesday but a rare blizzard there has forced them to delay their second round of interviews.Glenn, 52, is a familiar name for Jets fans.

He was a first-round pick of the team in 1994 and played eight seasons for the Jets.He spent the past four seasons as the Lions defensive coordinator and was part of that franchise turning things around from perennial loser to playoff team.The Lions were the No.

1 seed in the NFC this season after going 15-2.They were shocked by the Commanders 45-31 in the divisional round on Saturday.Newmark is part of that Commanders organization, serving under GM Adam Peters for the past year.

Prior to going to Washington, Newmark was with the Lions for 26 years.Newmark and Glenn know each other from the time they overlapped in Detroit.Newmark was seen as a possible GM candidate in Las Vegas if Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson took the Raiders job.

Johnson instead chose the Bears, who already have a GM in place, and that freed up Newmark for the Jets to pursue.It is important for the Jets to team up two leaders who have some familiarity with each other.The Jets have gone through s...