{"id":325650,"date":"2025-08-29T03:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T03:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/325650\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T03:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T03:52:10","slug":"why-ny-jets-gm-darren-mougey-remains-confident-in-wr-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/325650\/","title":{"rendered":"Why NY Jets GM Darren Mougey remains confident in WR room"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some New York Jets fans aren\u2019t happy with some of the moves made by the first-year front office. General manager Darren Mougey waived many of the organization\u2019s fan-favorite players from the preseason, particularly at wide receiver, as part of the team\u2019s official cutdown day.<\/p>\n

After Wednesday\u2019s roster moves, New York currently employs five receivers on the 53-man roster<\/a>. While four are currently on the practice squad, the mere fact that the Jets don\u2019t have a proven No. 2 wide receiver has left many fans concerned about the lack of proven weapons in the passing game.<\/p>\n

Just because the fanbase has some trepidation doesn\u2019t mean the organization does. <\/p>\n

In the case of Mougey, he believes the Jets have everything they need right now.<\/p>\n

Jets receiver update<\/p>\n

With a star receiver in Garrett Wilson<\/a> already on the field, the Jets\u2019 focus this offseason was to find other players who could complement his skill set.<\/p>\n

New York signed a strong blocking receiver in Josh Reynolds, and even drafted a speed demon in fourth-round rookie Arian Smith back in April. The group, according to Mougey, is perfectly set up for success. <\/p>\n

\u201cI like the room as a whole. I think we have pieces that complement each other there,\u201d Mougey said on Thursday\u2019s Zoom call. \u201cWe\u2019ve got three guys in Josh Reynolds, (Allen) Lazard, Tyler Johnson\u2014they\u2019ve all played in the League and had success, [and have] bigger bodies. You can move them around; they can block in the run game.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen you got the speed piece with Arian (Smith) and Gip (Xavier Gipson). Gip\u2019s got speed, [and] he can play inside. We\u2019ll find ways to get him some touches as well, so I feel really good about the room as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Like many things, though, the Jets are not a finished product. Mougey\u2019s statement about Tyler Johnson, a player currently on the practice squad, shows that the Jets have future plans for the veteran.<\/p>\n

That could also mean another player may be released in the near future. <\/p>\n

Of course, there is another reason Mougey and the Jets are excited about their core of receivers compared to their fans.<\/p>\n

As a run-first team, the Jets will not rely on their passing attack as much as other offenses around the league will. Because of that, they need their receivers to be situationally efficient and find ways to make plays when their number is called.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s too early to tell if Darren Mougey\u2019s gamble at receiver will pay off in a positive way.<\/p>\n

But the New York Jets aren\u2019t as concerned about their receiver room as the fanbase is at this point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some New York Jets fans aren\u2019t happy with some of the moves made by the first-year front office.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[2317,1945,1469,7,3228,2310,226,7250,1917,255,2321,2097,6,4404,3231,3916,3232,3234,11144,21639],"class_list":{"0":"post-325650","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-allen-lazard","9":"tag-arian-smith","10":"tag-darren-mougey","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-free-content","13":"tag-garrett-wilson","14":"tag-jets","15":"tag-josh-reynolds","16":"tag-new-york","17":"tag-new-york-jets","18":"tag-newyork","19":"tag-newyorkjets","20":"tag-nfl","21":"tag-ny-jets-executives","22":"tag-ny-jets-news","23":"tag-ny-jets-players","24":"tag-ny-jets-roster-depth-chart","25":"tag-standard","26":"tag-tyler-johnson","27":"tag-xavier-gipson"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115110028610915181","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}