{"id":131242,"date":"2026-02-12T14:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T14:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/131242\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T14:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T14:23:08","slug":"the-new-york-jets-offseason-plan-is-clear-but-confusing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/131242\/","title":{"rendered":"The New York Jets’ offseason plan is clear, but confusing"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Jets need to go big this offseason.<\/p>\n

They need to go bold.<\/p>\n

Can the Jets do it in a way that is enough to end their 15-year playoff drought?<\/p>\n

And is it possible for fans to feel good about the organization\u2019s chances of pulling it off?<\/p>\n

For any hope to be built ahead of the upcoming season, Gang Green must add an infusion of talent to the roster<\/a> on both sides of the ball. Through free agency and the draft<\/a>, the team must be willing to make bold decisions to improve the organization.<\/p>\n

On all counts, it seems like that is what head coach Aaron Glenn and general manager Darren Mougey are prepared to do. <\/p>\n

But their plan could confuse fans this year\u2014not because of their actions, but the process that led them to this point, to begin with.<\/p>\n

Jets\u2019 offseason plan<\/p>\n

The prevailing theory in league circles this offseason is that the Jets will be bringing in players familiar with Glenn\u2019s coaching style and schematic approach, especially on defense.<\/p>\n

Former Detroit Lions players like linebacker Alex Anzalone, defensive linemen Marcus Davenport and D.J. Reader, and cornerback Rock Ya-Sin all make perfect sense for the Jets to target in that case.<\/p>\n

Not only are they former Lions, but three of them (save for Ya-Sin) played under Glenn when he was running Detroit\u2019s defense. Most fans and analysts wouldn\u2019t be opposed to that line of thinking. Infusing a culture in an organization is easier when the coach has players who are familiar with his system.<\/p>\n

That isn\u2019t the confusing part.<\/p>\n

What is difficult to comprehend is why it took Glenn and the Jets so long to enact that plan.<\/p>\n

Last offseason, the Jets brought in players and coaches who did not seem to fit with Glenn\u2019s vision. Glenn and defensive coordinator Steve Wilks ran two different styles of defenses<\/a> throughout their careers. The coaching staff didn\u2019t quite know what they wanted their identity to be.<\/p>\n

Well, Wilks lasted less than 15 games on the job, and now Glenn is on the hot seat.<\/p>\n

Had the Jets focused on building around Glenn\u2019s scheme<\/a> from the start, perhaps the team\u2019s development, especially on defense, would have looked a lot different. Instead, they wasted an entire year.<\/p>\n

It was a serious misstep that puts Glenn in a no-win situation going into 2026. Glenn has to hit the reset button on developing a new scheme from scratch, but he is also under pressure to deliver a significant improvement in the Jets\u2019 win total, or else the franchise will be looking for a new head coach.<\/p>\n

Glenn is right to bring in coaches who can help him establish his vision. The issue is why it took him until now to come to that understanding.<\/p>\n

Now, he has no room for error. And it\u2019s clear the head coach is going to go down swinging, with his own scheme and his own players. <\/p>\n

Time will tell if it\u2019s just a year too late. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Jets need to go big this offseason. They need to go bold. Can the Jets…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[429,620,7013,9,11,430,10,22,13589,38486,38010,38590,12125,7018,9906],"class_list":["post-131242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-aaron-glenn","tag-featured","tag-free-content","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-jets","tag-new-york-news","tag-nfl","tag-ny-jets-coaches","tag-ny-jets-column","tag-ny-jets-free-agency","tag-ny-jets-image","tag-ny-jets-news","tag-standard","tag-syndication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}