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Ex-Lions coordinator gets long-awaited first win as a head coach

It took longer than New York Jets and Detroit Lions fans had anticipated, but Lions' former defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn has finally won his first game as a head coach in the NFL.

Emotions were already high going into Sunday's game after it was announced before kickoff that legendary Jets center Nick Mangold, 41, had passed away from complications of a chronic kidney disease first diagnosed in 2006. Mangold played ten seasons in the NFL from 2006 to 2016, all with the Jets, amassing seven Pro Bowl selections and two First-Team All-Pro nods. Mangold was enshrined in the Jets' Ring of Honor in 2022.