Darren Mougey will finally be on clock as Jets have plenty of holes to fill in 2025 NFL Draft
The Jets have been building toward this moment since November.That is when owner Woody Johnson fired general manager Joe Douglas and everyone knew the team would have a different direction in 2025. After launching an exhaustive search for a new general manager and interviewing 16 candidates, the Jets hired Darren Mougey. Now, Mougey is on the clock. There are many jobs for the GM of an NFL team, but the draft defines a GM’s legacy.
Get it right and you’re a genius.Blow it and you won’t have the job for long. Mougey gets his first crack at the draft on Thursday night.
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7 overall selection.What Mougey should do with that pick has been the subject of debate for months.
He gave the standard GM answer this week when asked about his approach. “I think you want to go into the draft just adding good football players that are going to help your team win,” Mougey said.“Now and in the future.
You can’t just have this narrow focus right now, you got to look long term, but I feel good about where we’re at in April.” Mougey, 40, inherited a team that went 5-12 last year and has not made the playoffs since 2010.The Jets have not had a winning season since 2015.
They went for it over the last two years with Aaron Rodgers at quarterback and 2025 feels like a reset. The biggest holes for Mougey to fill are at right tackle, tight end, wide receiver and defensive tackle.He won’t be able to fill all of those on the first two days of the 2025 NFL Draft. The top pick feels like a choice between a tackle — Armand Membou of Missouri, Will Campbell of LSU and Kelvin Banks of Texas are the top choices �...