Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET is the witching hour when several hundred players will be either cut, waived or released by the Jets and the other 31 NFL teams across when they reduce their numbers from 90 players and settle on their initial 53-man roster for the coming season. A16-man practice squad group (plus an optional 17th in the league's International Player Pathway Program) will come later, on Wednesday. An additional two players can be placed on injured reserve, but they must miss four games before being able to return to the roster.

Though Jets HC Aaron Glenn has been through the process for nearly 30 years as a player, scout, assistant and now head coach, the mental energy expended all around is a challenge.

"This time of the season is always the hardest part for any coach because you're

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