{"id":937776,"date":"2026-07-06T00:45:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T00:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/937776\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T00:45:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T00:45:15","slug":"kevin-oconnell-lauds-the-ny-jets-well-thought-out-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/937776\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin O’Connell lauds the NY Jets’ ‘well thought-out plan’"},"content":{"rendered":"

While Kevin O\u2019Connell has earned greater name recognition for his incredible work as the Minnesota Vikings\u2019 head coach, he was once a backup quarterback with the New York Jets.<\/p>\n

Now, the team that he spent two seasons with (2009-10) is being led by his college roommate at San Diego State, general manager Darren Mougey.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the media on Zoom ahead of golfing in the American Century Championship, O\u2019Connell praised Mougey and the Jets for their \u201cwell thought-out\u201d plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just think the plan that he\u2019s had has been really well thought-out,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s one thing \u2014 a lot of teams put the time and the energy in to have as much good planning as you can \u2014 but it\u2019s about the execution of those plans. The way Darren has gone about it doesn\u2019t surprise me.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also added that he has spoken to Mougey multiple times throughout the offseason, often complimenting him for his moves.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of the time I was complimenting him on whether it was a great draft they had, or how they handled some of their internal situations there \u2014 getting their running back (Breece Hall re-signed),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

As we\u2019ve broken down<\/a>, Mougey has done a tremendous job of locking up homegrown talent and signing them to multi-year extensions, like Breece Hall and Joe Tippmann, while also rewarding players who have overperformed with extensions.<\/p>\n

Throughout nine combined offseasons, Mougey\u2019s predecessors, Joe Douglas and Mika Maccagnan, signed just seven players to multi-year extensions.<\/p>\n

Across two offseasons in that role, Mougey has already matched that mark, extending linebacker Jamien Sherwood, wide receiver Garrett Wilson, cornerback Sauce Gardner, center Josh Myers, tight end Jeremy Ruckert, running back Breece Hall, and offensive lineman Joe Tippmann.<\/p>\n

While the results will need to be evident on the field, O\u2019Connell and a large portion of the Jets\u2019 fanbase rightfully appear to be optimistic about the organization\u2019s offseason transactions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While Kevin O\u2019Connell has earned greater name recognition for his incredible work as the Minnesota Vikings\u2019 head coach,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":937777,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[1469,7,3228,226,1917,255,2321,2097,6,3231,3916,3234],"class_list":["post-937776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-jets","tag-darren-mougey","tag-football","tag-free-content","tag-jets","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-jets","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkjets","tag-nfl","tag-ny-jets-news","tag-ny-jets-players","tag-standard"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116870271689717938","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937776","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=937776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/937777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=937776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=937776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=937776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}