Bob Glauber
Glauber has been Newsday's national football columnist since 1992. He was Newsday's football writer covering the Jets and
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. - Ryan Fitzpatrick hopes trimming his beard will be the event that changes the mojo of the Jets’ locker room after a 1-4 skid has brought this team to its knees after a 4-1 start.
But it’s something with far more direct consequences to the football operation that has a great chance of turning Todd Bowles’ team around heading down the stretch toward the playoffs.
Bowles' release of former first-round pick Quinton Coples was the move that sent the clearest message yet of how serious the coach is about his team’s current malaise.