Aaron Glenn pulls back the curtain on Jets' contract extension philosophy

Under the current regime of Aaron Glenn and Darren Mougey, the New York Jets have made a point to reward their best players with contract extensions when they deserve it.

Most recently, the Jets inked interior offensive linemen Joe Tippmann to a long-term contract on Monday, locking down the versatile 25-year-old on a four-year, $62 million contract with $34.9 million guaranteed.

Earlier in the summer, it was running back Breece Hall who earned a new deal, signing a three-year, $43.5 million contract, keeping the star locked down in New York through at least 2028.

All this to say, Mougey's front office is doing something no other front office has done in recent Jets memory, and that's being proactive when it comes to long-term deals with in-house stars who have proven their worth.

Aaron Glenn wants to 'reward' players who want to be Jets

Speaking with reporters in the wake of the Tippmann extension, Glenn was asked about the team's propensity to get contract extensions done, as opposed to his and Mougey's predecessors.

"We want to keep our players, we want to keep the guys that's homegrown. And we like good players too, you know. So listen, I don't know exactly what happened when it comes to that as far as signing players before me, but I just know this is something that me and Moog (Darren Mougey) talked about in great length to make sure that, listen, we reward the guys that want to be Jets, we reward the guys that act like Jets, because that helps you turn your franchise around."

Aaron Glenn

The Jets' previous decision makers, general managers such as Joe Douglas and Mike Maccagnan, almost seemed allergic to giving in-house players extensions.

Douglas only gave out one contract to a player the Jets drafted, and that was cornerback Michael Carter II's three-year, $30.75 million deal he signed on the eve of the 2024 season.

Mougey, on the contrary, has extended six Jets draft picks in his first two years on the job. Sauce Gardner and Garrett Wilson both received massive deals last summer, Josh Myers and Jeremy Ruckert earned extensions mid-season in 2025, and, of course, Hall and Tippmann this offseason.

It's a positive development for the Jets, who always seemed to be on the hunt for new starters in both free agency and the draft under general managers like Douglas.

The best way to build a positive culture in your building is rewarding the players that deserve it, and Glenn and Mougey are obviously trying to set the precedent that if you play well and act like a Jet, they'll take care of you down the road.

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