{"id":92010,"date":"2026-01-07T05:08:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T05:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/92010\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T05:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T05:08:16","slug":"darren-mougey-opens-up-on-the-new-york-jets-quarterback-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/92010\/","title":{"rendered":"Darren Mougey opens up on the New York Jets’ quarterback plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quarterback is the most important position in sports. For the New York Jets, it has also been a revolving door, with no long-term answer under center over the past decade.<\/p>\n

After the failed Justin Fields experiment, Gang Green is yet again seeking a quarterback. Armed with two first-round picks in this year\u2019s NFL draft<\/a>, No. 2 and 16 overall, and a lucrative amount of cap space, the organization has a ton of different options to address the need.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters at the Jets\u2019 end-of-season press conference<\/a> alongside head coach Aaron Glenn, general manager Darren Mougey claims the team will \u201cexhaust\u201d all options.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will exhaust every option. Free agency, the League, and obviously the draft, we will exhaust that and have a good solution for the New York Jets,\u201d said Mougey.<\/p>\n

Per Over The Cap, the Jets have over $74 million in cap space this offseason, which ranks sixth in the league. Along with their two first-round picks within the top 20, they also own two second-round selections: their own (33) overall and 44, acquired from the Dallas Cowboys in the Quinnen Williams trade<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That is a lot of ammunition to work with, and New York not only has the opportunity to land their quarterback but also build valuable infrastructure around that signal-caller.<\/p>\n

There are options. The Jets could sign a veteran on the free agent market while also drafting a quarterback high, or explore the trade market, a path that fuels fan dreams of a blockbuster move for a star such as Joe Burrow or Lamar Jackson.<\/p>\n

As Gang Green enters a pivotal offseason, the futures of Mougey and Glenn will be tied to the quarterback the organization ultimately chooses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Quarterback is the most important position in sports. For the New York Jets, it has also been a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92011,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[429,38532,7013,12346,6768,12333,9,11,430,10,22,12258,13589,39575,12125,7016,7018,9906],"class_list":["post-92010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-aaron-glenn","tag-darren-mougey","tag-free-content","tag-joe-burrow","tag-justin-fields","tag-lamar-jackson","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-jets","tag-new-york-news","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-draft","tag-ny-jets-coaches","tag-ny-jets-executives","tag-ny-jets-news","tag-ny-jets-players","tag-standard","tag-syndication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92010","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=92010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}