including the No. 2 overall pick<\/a>, and what they feel like are several building block players.<\/p>\nMougey and Glenn also pointed out that they were learning on the job in Year 1 as a head coach and general manager, and expect those growing pains in 2025 to pay off in 2026.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a rookie head coach, and the same thing as a GM, going through the first year and really understanding the landscape of everything, that\u2019s a huge deal,\u201d Glenn said. \u201cSpeaking of myself, there\u2019s a number of things that I know that I will be better at.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Jets have now gone 15 years since making the postseason and 10 years without a winning season. Things got very ugly this year with an 0-7 start and a five-game losing streak to end the season. They became the first team in NFL history to lose five straight games by 23 points or more to end the year. The indignities of this season were plentiful, led by the fact that they became the first team to not record an interception in a season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Jets general manager Darren Mougey speaks to reporters at the team\u2019s facility in Florham Park on Jan. 6, 2026. Bill Kostroun\/New York Post<\/p>\n
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You\u2019d think a season like that might have shaken the confidence of the men in charge, but they say it hasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel more confident today than ever moving forward,\u201d Mougey said.<\/p>\n
Both men were hired one year ago by Jets owner Woody Johnson. They both said they believe in each other and Johnson.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been here a year. I\u2019ve learned a lot. I\u2019ve got a clear vision,\u201d Mougey said. \u201cAG and I talk daily on this roster and the vision and this division. With the assets we have moving forward, the draft capital, the cap space, I know we\u2019re going to continue to build and add good players to the team that are going to help us win.\u201d<\/p>\n
The biggest priority needs to be finding a quarterback. The expectation now is the Jets will draft a quarterback, potentially Oregon quarterback Dante Moore at No. 2 overall. They likely need more than one, so they could sign a veteran free agent or make a trade for one.<\/p>\n
Jets head coach Aaron Glenn speaks to reporters at the team\u2019s facility in Florham Park on Jan. 6, 2026. Bill Kostroun\/New York Post<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll exhaust every option,\u201d Mougey said. \u201cFree agency, the league, obviously the draft. We will exhaust that and will have a good solution for the New York Jets.\u201d<\/p>\n
Glenn and Mougey failed in their first attempt at solving the quarterback dilemma in 2025 when they signed Justin Fields and guaranteed him $30 million. Fields was terrible and ended up getting benched in November. The expectation is the Jets will release Fields this offseason, although they were not ready to comment on his future Monday. Glenn would only say that Fields is under contract.<\/p>\n
Glenn repeated the message he gave after Sunday\u2019s season-ending loss that he puts the blame for the year on himself.<\/p>\n
\u201cI put a lot of it on me on the wins and losses, and I have to do a better job,\u201d Glenn said. \u201cAnd I\u2019m not going to sit here and blame it on the roster, I\u2019m not going to sit here and blame it on the coaching staff; I\u2019m going to blame it on the guy that\u2019s sitting right in front of you and I have to do a better job, and I\u2019m always going to say that. Until I get the whole situation situated, then we will be better, which I know we will next year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Jets will get it fixed in 2026. That was the message from Jets general manager Darren Mougey…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660381,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[1585,1469,7,226,1917,255,2321,2097,6,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-660380","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-aaron-glenn","9":"tag-darren-mougey","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-jets","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-jets","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkjets","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115852334076797469","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660380","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=660380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}