Loads of early indicators already existed to recommend that the Jets’ new regime had began to construct a sustainable basis.
Talks of Aaron Glenn’s tradition overhaul percolated from press conferences throughout coaching camp. The divorce with Aaron Rodgers was messy, to some extent the place it grew to become apparent that the inevitable Rodgers antics would distinction with the path Glenn and normal supervisor Darren Mougey deliberate to take the Jets. Two years value of drama gave option to six-plus months of stability.
After which in a span of 24 hours, the Jets offered greater than $250 million value of proof — their most tangible clues but — to recommend there may be, in reality, a turnaround underway in Florham Park.
Cornerback Sauce Gardner and the Jets agreed to a four-year, $120.4 million extension Tuesday simply someday after star wideout Garrett Wilson landed a four-year, $130 million one. They’re each beneath contract by way of the 2030 season now. Worries of Wilson demanding a commerce and forcing his means out — reputable ones, too, after reviews began surfacing close to the tip of final season — evaporated. Their joint need to turn out to be a part of the answer to a long time of dropping, as an alternative of simply becoming a member of the checklist of the most recent stars to fall brief, was rewarded. Proprietor Woody Johnson, Mougey and Glenn are constructing round their greatest gamers, and what occurs within the seasons that comply with might function the reward for that belief.