Loads of early indicators already existed to counsel 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 a degree the place it grew to become apparent that the inevitable Rodgers antics would distinction with the course Glenn and basic supervisor Darren Mougey deliberate to take the Jets. Two years price of drama gave strategy to six-plus months of stability.
After which in a span of 24 hours, the Jets supplied greater than $250 million price of proof — their most tangible clues but — to counsel there’s, in actual fact, a turnaround underway in Florham Park.
Cornerback Sauce Gardner and the Jets agreed to a four-year, $120.4 million extension Tuesday simply at some point after star wideout Garrett Wilson landed a four-year, $130 million one. They’re each beneath contract by the 2030 season now. Worries of Wilson demanding a commerce and forcing his approach out — reputable ones, too, after experiences began surfacing close to the tip of final season — evaporated. Their joint want to develop into a part of the answer to many years of dropping, as a substitute of simply becoming a member of the checklist of the most recent stars to fall quick, was rewarded. Proprietor Woody Johnson, Mougey and Glenn are constructing round their finest gamers, and what occurs within the seasons that observe may function the reward for that belief.
