Glenn & Mougey Have a Plan, Jets Should Let It Play Out

Jets shouldn't fire Glenn at the end of the 2025 season

Aaron Glenn and Darren Mougey have a plan to build the Jets to where they need to be, and barring anything completely disastrous (ie. losing the team), Glenn should be allowed to see it through.

As Chris Nimbley of Jets Insider said on an episode of the Play Like a Jet podcast, “If you have a coaching staff and GM that want to build a program, you can’t focus on the results there. Year one doesn’t matter. It’s about a long-term thing, here.”

So what are the Jets trying to do?

Well, let’s take a look at the process of the first year.

This offseason was mostly patchwork players and players Mougey and Glenn hoped could rebound their careers and become something under their philosophy. As far as the free agents have gone, with this idea, they failed. So far, most haven’t even come close to panning out. Brandon Stephens is starting to show signs of turning things around, though. That said, as far as the one-year fliers, no one will be sticking.

So, once the season was about to begin, Mougey got to work. Before Week 1, he traded for Harrison Phillips and Jowon Briggs. Both turned out to be excellent trades. Phillips is on the older side, but as I mentioned in the article about Quinnen Williams’ extension, defensive tackles tend to last longer than many other positions, so Phillips could be a longer-term option than many fans think.

Briggs is under Jets control for three more seasons for way under market value dollars. So, that is another find.

Finally, the Jets appear to have found their replacement for Michael Carter II in Jarvis Brownlee. He’s a slot corner who can cover and be a force on the run defense. Brownlee has three years left on his rookie contract. So, the Jets will have him relatively cheaply for at least those seasons. The cap hit for the fourth season will also be relatively low.

Jamien Sherwood looked lost in the defense early on, but he’s starting to turn his game around as well.

The Jets need a second linebacker to help out Jamien Sherwood, and Francisco Mauigoa is beginning to show signs he could be that guy. Unfortunately, they will need safety help as well.

Rookie safety Malachi Moore has been a roller coaster, but that’s understandable. He’s going to have to show more consistent signs to be a safety of the future, though.

On the offensive side of the ball, the offensive line is the strong point. Jason Myers was signed to a short-term, low-money contract. He’s showing signs that he fits the Jets style of offense, and maybe the move to guard could be a permanent one for Joe Tippmann. It leaves a hole at the other guard, but they can draft someone.

They are depleted in terms of weapons, and, unfortunately, Justin Fields didn’t become the next quarterback to turn his career around, in the vein of Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, and Geno Smith.

Mason Taylor definitely looks like someone who will be a force in the NFL as their tight end. Additionally, they need to find a wide receiver opposite Garrett Wilson.

Their offense is awful, and it’s mostly due to the play of the quarterback, who they thought could be the next one to turn his career around, and the combination of his poor play and the patchwork receiving core didn’t work.

Some people may say the Jets shouldn’t be 0-6 bad. The Lions were 0-10-1 to start under Dan Campbell, and based on this thread on X, Campbell didn’t look so great either. Since that 0-10-1 start, the Lions are 43-21, and have won consecutive division titles.

The Jets have an idea of how they want to win, but because they don’t have the horses to win the way they want, they look like a team that’s completely out of sorts. They have a philosophical framework in place, and they want to have that framework so that when they do have the horses, they can just run it without having to overhaul a different system.

It will take some time for the philosophy to take hold, and the Jets to get the players needed to succeed. Now, they know the holes they absolutely need to fill for it to work.

Will it end up working in the long run? Maybe, but Mougey and Glenn should be given the right amount of time to allow it to take hold.