Jets 0-6 after London loss as Glenn defends Fields over end-half call

The New York Jets fell to 0-6 after a 13-11 loss to the Denver Broncos Sunday at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, a game that left the team and its new head coach grappling with offensive futility and second-guessing over late-game decisions. Coach Aaron Glenn defended quarterback Justin Fields when pressed about a potential benching after a historically poor passing performance, then acknowledged on Monday that he regretted a conservative choice to let the clock expire at the end of the first half.

Fields completed 9 of 17 passes for 45 yards and was sacked nine times for a 55-yard loss, leaving the Jets with a net minus 10 yards through the air and 82 yards of total offense. Glenn reacted sharply to a postgame question about whether Fields would remain the starter. "Come on, man. What kind of question is that?" he said. On Monday he added that Fields had "taken a step back" in the game and must improve, but argued that a single bad outing did not justify an immediate benching.

The end-of-half sequence that drew the most scrutiny occurred with under 30 seconds left and the Jets facing fourth-and-one. Glenn elected not to run a play and allowed the clock to run out, a choice...