{"id":816441,"date":"2026-03-17T04:52:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T04:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/816441\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T04:52:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T04:52:52","slug":"mike-francesa-has-some-hot-jets-scoop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/816441\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Francesa has some hot Jets scoop"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wendell Cruz | USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n

The big guy knows a guy, OK.<\/p>\n

Mike Francesa<\/a> said he recently \u201cbumped into someone I have a high regard for and I know knows the situation\u201d about the Jets<\/a>, and the individual shared some information that surprised the WFAN<\/a> legend.<\/p>\n

(No word on if this source\u2019s name rhymes with \u201cBike Mannenbaum<\/a>.\u201d)<\/p>\n

Francesa said he was sure the Jets will deny and\/or take umbrage with the intel, but he opted to share it anyway on his latest BetRivers<\/a> podcast.<\/p>\n

The Gang Green scuttlebutt:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Owner Woody Johnson has given GM Darren Mougey more power than head coach Aaron Glenn
\u2022 Mougey\u2019s positive press may be a reflection of his new internal standing
\u2022 Mougey, not Johnson, blocked Wink Martindale\u2019s hire as defensive coordinator
\u2022 Mougey drove the Geno Smith trade
\u2022 Glenn was more interested in Kirk Cousins
\u2022 The Glenn-Mougey relationship \u201cis not so buddy-buddy\u201d<\/p>\n

All of the above is certainly plausible. Mougey may not have done much here so far, but he has not been a complete disaster like Glenn. That is likely good enough to get bumped up in the pecking order given the circumstances. <\/p>\n

How many games will Jets win in 2026?\u00a0See the latest over\/unders on DraftKings<\/a><\/p>\n

The only point I will quibble with: Trading for Smith still feels like a move that is more beneficial for Glenn. Sure, Mougey would like to win a few games this season. But he probably gets a third year no matter what. Glenn has to win games to keep his job. Smith is the best quarterback the Jets could get for Glenn\u2019s situation, but he may not be for Mougey. Especially if Mougey would rather earn the high pick needed to draft Arch Manning or another franchise quarterback so he can use his other 2027 first-rounders to further build the roster.<\/p>\n

Francesa said that if his guy is right, the Jets should just say it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Mougey\u2019s in charge, let him come out and be in charge,\u201d he said. \u201cDon\u2019t hide it. Don\u2019t pin everything on Aaron Glenn. If Aaron Glenn is just the coach and he\u2019s not making any personnel decisions, let\u2019s know that. Let\u2019s see where we are right now as we go forward and put the praise and the blame where it belongs.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wendell Cruz | USA TODAY Sports The big guy knows a guy, OK. Mike Francesa said he recently…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":816442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2051],"tags":[198,7,226,1917,255,2321,2097,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-816441","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-featured","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-jets","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-jets","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkjets","15":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116242729714697720","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816441","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=816441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}