The Jets' offseason has been marked by intentionality on and off the field. They acquired QB Geno Smith and S Minkah Fitzpatrick in trades and signed LB Demario Davis and DL David Onyemata in free agency. In the draft, they added four highly-touted players – edge David Bailey (Rd. 1, No. 2 overall), TE Kenyon Sadiq (Rd. 1, No. 16 overall), WR Omar Cooper Jr. (Rd 1, No. 30 overall) and CB D'Angelo Ponds (Rd 2, No. 50) – in the first two rounds.
"I'm extremely happy with the amount of youth that we have, I think we were the second-youngest team in the league last year, and then bringing in a number of veterans that's been there, done that," said Glenn said this spring. "But, not just that, but also been really good players in this league and understand what it takes to win and how to win. It was very intentional of trying to create that, but not just that in itself, but bringing in good players that's going to help elevate this franchise to where it needs to be."
Glenn, who will take over defensive play-calling duties, leads a revamped coaching staff that includes OC Frank Reich. With Glenn and Mougey emphasizing the need to build through the draft and keep their own players, the Jets re-signed RB Breece Hall and RG Joe Tippmann this spring.
"Obviously, that starts up front," Reich said. "Listen, it's certainly going to be no secret or surprise to say that we're going to want to run the football, and so we'll continue to emphasize that. And these guys ran the ball pretty well last year, so we'll build on that. But you also have to find ways to be dynamic in the passing game and be excellent in situational football, and the way to do that is to create problems that the defenses can't solve. You do that schematically, you do that personnel-wise, so those are the things that we're focused on as a coaching staff and that we'll work with the players on."