It’s been a busy offseason for New Orleans Saints defensive backs coach Aaron Glenn. He was courted by the New York Giants as a defensive coordinator earlier in January, but was passed over in favor of Patrick Graham, the Miami Dolphins coordinator who previously worked with first-year Giants coach Joe Judge when they were on Bill Belichick’s New England Patriots staff.
However, that wasn’t the end of negotiations between Glenn and the Giants. Per ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, Glenn discussed “an enhanced role” with Big Blue, but opted to remain with the Saints. The details of that role are unclear; it’s possible Glenn may have been offered some sort of passing-game coordinator role, a distinction used by some teams to split responsibilities and keep sometimes-overqualified coaches in the building.
Glenn, 47, has risen to prominence in New Orleans after helping build a competitive secondary largely made up of undrafted free agents (such as Ken Crawley and De’Vante Harris), ex-Giants cornerbacks (Eli Apple and Janoris Jenkins), and a few high draft picks (Vonn Bell, Marshon Lattimore, and Marcus Williams among them). Last offseason, the Cincinnati Bengals tried to interview Glenn, but the Saints declined their request. It feels like Glenn will move on to a larger role with a new team sooner or later.
