Aaron Glenn learned the hard way that pairing a rookie OC like Tanner Engstrand last season with a project quarterback like Justin Fields was doomed to fail. 

OC Frank Reich is no rookie. And Geno Smith is no project. If the pairing works — journeyman quarterback meets journeyman coach — Glenn will likely get to keep his dream job. 

Reich can’t wait to make it work.

“It’s hard for me right now to not be overly — what’s the right word? — effusive with praise,” Reich said. “But I am just so impressed by Geno. I cannot express that enough. I know we haven’t played any games yet, we got a long way to go, we got a lot to prove, and everybody’s got a lot to prove.