PALM BEACH, Fla. — In his hit tune, ‘6 Foot 7 Foot,’ Lil Wayne says, “Real Gs move in silence like lasagna.”
Aaron Glenn has taken that line to coronary heart throughout his first offseason as Jets coach after telling reporters it’s no accident that they’re having a quieter offseason in comparison with years previous.
“It is by design,” Glenn stated through the NFL Annual Assembly on Monday. “Look, I’m a huge believer in just moving in silence, and you know letting things play out like they need to play out. I think our staff has done a really good job with that.
“Just overall, just make the moves that we need to make. Listen, this doesn’t need to be a big hoopla of what we’re doing. We just want to go about our business and coach these players and try to create an atmosphere for the players that’s totally different, probably different than they’ve been used to. And that’s something I want to create just in general.
“I want to move in silence and just go about our business to win some games because you don’t win the offseason anyway. The only thing that makes a difference is what you do during the season.”
Earlier than he was truly traded to the Jets, Rodgers stated throughout an look on The Pat McAfee Present that he supposed to play for the Jets. This led to the signings of Allen Lazard and Randall Cobb and different strikes rumored to appease the four-time NFL MVP.
After Rodgers tore his Achilles 4 performs into the 2023 opener and missed the remainder of the season, the Jets had Tremendous Bowl aspirations coming into 2024. Along with these strikes, the Jets additionally acquired Davante Adams in a commerce with the Raiders final October.
However they completed 5-12, resulting in the eventual firings of coach Robert Saleh and common supervisor Joe Douglas mid-last season.
The Jets additionally finally launched Rodgers after Glenn and Darren Mougey had been employed as coach and common supervisor. Throughout his introductory press convention, Glenn stated they’d talk about bringing again Rodgers, however finally, they determined to maneuver on.
“I know who I am and I know what I want to do,” Glenn stated when requested if the noise round Rodgers led to his launch. “Regardless of how any person is, it has nothing to do with me.
“I know what I want to do. So, that doesn’t matter to me.”
Glenn and the Jets have a brand new quarterback after they signed Justin Fields to a two-year, $40 million contract earlier this month, with $30 million assured. The kind of dedication the Jets gave Fields indicated that he would be the Jets’ beginning quarterback in 2025. However that was not publicly stated till Sunday when Moogey instructed reporters that Fields is certainly the group’s starter.
Along with Fields, the Jets added 13 different gamers, most of them under-the-radar signings. Nevertheless, Glenn acknowledged that competitors will exist at each place on the group.
“This team is going to be built on competition,” Glenn stated. “Just because you’re one on the depth chart, that’s written in pencil. This league is about competition and the elite athletes thrive on that.
“Just because he’s quarterback one, does not mean Tyrod [Taylor] is not going to be on his heels. Everybody has to have a depth chart, but it’s going to be competition. He knows that, Tyrod knows that and that’s across the board.”
Relying on how Fields performs subsequent season, the Jets might be available in the market for a quarterback subsequent offseason. Nevertheless, they seem assured that Fields might be a long-term answer at quarterback.
In recent times, quarterbacks like Geno Smith, Sam Darnold, and Baker Mayfield have turn out to be reclamation initiatives after failing stints with the groups that drafted them.
The Jets will likely be Fields’ third group within the NFL. He was drafted by the Bears eleventh general within the 2021 NFL Draft. He was traded to the Steelers final offseason after struggling in his first three seasons in Chicago, the place he was 10-28 as a starter, and threw for six,674 yards, 40 touchdowns, and 30 interceptions.
After Russell Wilson injured his calf final preseason, Fields briefly was the Steelers’ beginning quarterback, main them to a 4-2 report. Not recognized for his passing potential, Fields recorded his highest completion proportion of his profession final season (65.8%), throwing 1,106 yards, 5 touchdowns, and one interception in 10 video games (six begins).
The Jets are additionally intrigued by Fields’ potential to make use of his legs to create explosive performs. In 4 seasons, he has registered 2,509 yards and 19 touchdowns.
However the Jets noticed sufficient promise in Fields, 26, to signal him and imagine he has solely scratched the floor of his potential.
“I think he’s a dynamic player,” Glenn stated. “I think there’s more that we can get out of that player and I’m looking forward to that.”
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