"Jim Kelly saw it and attacked the Jets' rookie cornerback, looking for his favorite receiver. The pass was incomplete -- a positive harbinger for Glenn. He held his own that day, just as he did the next two weeks against John Elway and Dan Marino -- a Murderers' Row of quarterbacks. As then-Jets coach Pete Carroll said at the outset of the gauntlet, "[Glenn] will find out what the Hall of Fame is all about.""
""I was nervous -- I know I was -- and I'm sure I'll be nervous for this one," Glenn said, comparing his 1994 debut with Sunday's opener at MetLife Stadium. "And that's just who I am. I'll always have that within my body, and I can feel it. "But at some point, man, it goes away really, really, really quick, and I get dialed into what I have to do as a coach, and as I did as a player.""
Aaron Glenn makes his head coaching debut Sunday against Mike Tomlin and the Pittsburgh Steelers, beginning a challenging opening stretch. Glenn previously debuted as a Jets rookie cornerback in 1994 against the Buffalo Bills and immediately faced future Hall of Famers such as Andre Reed, Jim Kelly, John Elway and Dan Marino. He acknowledged feeling nervous in his rookie debut but quickly focused and performed well. The Jets have not fielded a winning season in nine straight years. Glenn's first three games are against 2024 playoff teams: Steelers, Bills and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, presenting an early gauntlet.
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