Aaron Glenn and Darren Mougey Likely Have Different Jets Deadline Hope

New York Jets general manager Darren Mougey showed us a year ago that he's willing to take whatever chances he can to ensure that his team has a better future than it currently does. 

As we looked at what the Jets said last offseason and at the trade deadline, it was evident that moving on from guys was something that could happen at any given moment. 

That was only confirmed at last year's trade deadline when Mougey decided to trade Quinnen Williams and Sauce Gardner. 

Gardner, in particular, was viewed as a guy who would play in New York for a long time. Regarded as one of the best corners in the NFL, it was very interesting to see the Jets move on from him at the time they did. 

Regarding how head coach Aaron Glenn feels about that, it's likely that he has a different feeling than he did a year ago. 

Glenn understood he wouldn't get fired after his first season, barring something drastic, but now it's very possible he could lose his job at any moment. 

The harsh reality is that the Jets have not won football games at a competent level with Glenn, and at some point, Woody Johnson and Mougey are going to have to make a decision.

How that impacts the trade deadline is perhaps the most interesting question the Jets have to answer over the next couple of days. 

According to one Jets insider, it's possible that there are some conflicting thoughts going on between the head coach and general manager.

“Conflicting agendas? There's an interesting dynamic as the trade deadline approaches.

“Presumably, Mougey has an eye on the future because that's what GMs do. Glenn, likely coaching for his job, needs as many wins as possible, so he'd be less apt to trade players for draft picks. This can be a slippery slope for teams when jobs are on the line. In this case, the sense is that Glenn will get a chance to flip the fortunes of the current roster, which isn't devoid of talent,” Rich Cimini of ESPN wrote.

The last thing the Jets want is to make decisions to try to make either party happy, so to say. 

At the end of the day, this is Mougey's job to fix the roster, so if he believes that moving on from a guy like Breece Hall or Garrett Wilson is going to make this team better in the future, that's what should happen. 

Whether that ultimately ends up being the reason why Glenn gets fired would be a different story, but one could also argue that he's had more than enough time with a lot of these guys on his roster and hasn't been able to prove anything. If that's the reason why he's getting fired, the Jets likely don't have the right man for the job anyway, which is a problem in itself.