After a 13-year run with the Denver Broncos, Darren Mougey will join the New York Jets as their new general manager.
Darren is a trusted NFL executive who has experience working with an impressive collection of football leaders,” Jets Chairman Woody Johnson said in a release by the team. “He is a proven talent evaluator who impressed us with his vision for this team. His partnership with Coach Glenn will revitalize this organization. I am proud of the thorough search we undertook and that it led us to the two best individuals to lead our football team going forward.”
ESPN’s Adam Schefter first reported Saturday that the Jets hired Mougey on the heels of hiring Aaron Glenn to be their new head coach earlier this week.
Mougey had a brief NFL career as a player from 2009 to 2010, spending time with the Atlanta Falcons and Arizona Cardinals during the offseason.
The 39-year-old shifted to the personnel side in 2012 when he was hired as a scouting intern for the Broncos. He remained with the club for the next 13 seasons, eventually getting promoted to assistant general manager in 2022.
Mougey leaves Denver with a championship in tow from Super Bowl 50 during the 2015 season.
New York cleaned house during the 2024 season when they fired Joe Douglas and head coach Robert Saleh. The moves, made six weeks apart, came as the team was in the midst of its ninth straight losing season and missing the playoffs for the 14th consecutive season.
Now that the Jets have landed on Mougey as their next general manager, there is one big decision for him to figure out related to quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
Rodgers did close the 2024 season playing decently, but it came after weeks of him looking like a 41-year-old quarterback coming off a torn Achilles.
Mougey may also not want the task of trying to build a team around a quarterback who will be 41 years old for most of the 2025 season.
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