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Best of the Jets on WFAN: A Trade & Aaron Glenn’s Superpower

01 Mar 2026

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Chapter 1: What are the implications of the Jets trading Jermaine Johnson?

1.634 - 24.02 Tiki

Jermaine Johnson gets reunited with Robert Sala. Yeah, interesting because let's not forget that Jermaine Johnson, along with Sauce Gardner and Garrett Wilson, all three had their fifth-year options picked up before last season. We remember that Garrett got an extension, Wilson got an extension, and Sauce Gardner got an extension.

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Sauce was subsequently traded to the Indianapolis Colts, but Jermaine Johnson was the question mark. What are they doing contract-wise? So it's interesting. It actually makes sense. that Robert Sala, who drafted him with the New York Jets, traded back for him. Expect him to get an extension now that he's been traded and going to the Tennessee Titans. Yes.

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Chapter 2: What are the latest Jets rumors and their potential impact?

47.326 - 60.765 Tiki

But it's an interesting move for the Jets because it's, I don't know, Tavondre Sweat is not replacing Quinnen Williams, but, because he's not nearly as good yet, but he is young.

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61.145 - 61.626 Unknown

Yeah.

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61.895 - 81.758 Tiki

And a different kind of player. Different kind of player, but he's also a massive body. He's 370 or something like that. And so you can tell that the Jets and Darren Muji, we talked about yesterday, is starting to reshape this Jet defense already. So it feels like they're going defense in the draft. Yeah.

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81.778 - 85.405 Tiki

My initial instinct is, I think I love this from the Jets' perspective, the more I look into it.

Chapter 3: What is Aaron Glenn's 'superpower' according to the discussion?

85.425 - 87.95 Tiki

I think it's great. You needed beef in the middle to stop the run.

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88.391 - 102.077 Shaun Morash

Jermaine Johnson, if you were unsure of what his value was, and he wasn't part of this regime, Eugene Glenn, now you've got to figure with that second pick, like we talked about throughout the week, right? I mean, we called it, quote, the Giants model with Abdul Carter and the quarterback. Right.

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102.057 - 111.308 Shaun Morash

They are going to get their pick of the best, well, the best player, but the best defensive player on the board. And I can't help but wonder if that means Reuben Bain is going to be the pick at number two overall.

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111.328 - 113.911 Tiki

Feels like it. To go bookend him with Will McDonald.

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114.331 - 126.706 Shaun Morash

Now you have some beef in the middle with Sweat. Now you really start building something. I think it made sense. Also, Connor Hughes reports that last year at the deadline, Robert Sala tried to get Jermaine Johnson over to San Francisco. Did he?

126.766 - 128.368 Tiki

So he's been hot to try for him for a minute.

128.348 - 141.588 Shaun Morash

They were offering him a third-round pick. San Francisco did, but the Jets wanted a two. So instead, the Jets swing this to beef up the interior. So Devontre Sweat going to go try to stop the run. The Jets probably take... You know, if it's not Reuben Bain, insert whoever that pass rusher is.

Chapter 4: How did Aaron Glenn's players rate him and why?

141.608 - 160.674 Shaun Morash

They clearly have a vision and a plan to build up this defense. Look, they have to... At a minimum, Tiki, after everything we talked about with the Wink Martindale, Aaron Glenn's calling plays as his superpower, if Aaron Glenn's going to go down with calling plays as his superpower on defense, that defense better be the best that Aaron Glenn can envision it being.

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161.015 - 181.493 Tiki

I think you're right. And I think that's the way to do it. I think that they're trying to give Aaron Glenn all the pieces that he needs in order to execute at a high level consistently. And so, to Andre Sweat, who, again, most people won't know because even if you're watching the Tennessee Titans, you're not fully seeing his impact. But he's a load to move in the middle of a defense.

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You have a guy that's 370. It's just, you can feel how he can impact this team. You go get some Ed Rogers in this draft. You shore up the second, third levels as the draft goes on. And maybe the Jets can get back to where the expectation was a couple of years ago.

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197.89 - 204.28 Craig

And I want to give Darren Muji a lot of credit here because you think about the return they got on Quinn and Williams.

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204.3 - 206.604 Tiki

This is a straight-up swap, by the way.

206.644 - 208.366 Shaun Morash

And it's a straight-up swap. Player for player.

Chapter 5: What are the Jets' immediate needs at the quarterback position?

208.707 - 219.163 Shaun Morash

This is from what I am reading here. Player for player deal unless something else matriculates. Now, it may because, remember, the trade can't be processed until the start of the new league year next week. So you could get some kind of picks for it, maybe.

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219.524 - 225.853 Shaun Morash

Maybe, but the beef of this trade, for lack of a better term, is the nose tackle coming over for Jermaine Johnson.

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226.154 - 233.204 Craig

And I think the return he's gotten, when you consider all three guys he's dealt back, and now the assets and what they're doing, I see the vision. I do.

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233.344 - 247.565 Shaun Morash

Unfortunately for Darren Muji, they've got to figure out the quarterback position, which we'll talk about at the top of the next hour, because that's where everything is determined in this league. But they're building something. I think it's a really good move. I've got to give Darren Muji a lot of credit. So there we have that on the table.

Chapter 6: What strategies are the Jets considering for the upcoming draft?

247.605 - 259.305 Shaun Morash

We have, of course, Giancarlo Stanton not being able to open a bag of chips. Something to Vondre Sweat apparently has no issue doing. Both of those things on the table here. 888-808-1019. Anthony in Harlem. Anthony, what's up?

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259.365 - 259.806 Boomer

What up, Ant?

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260.567 - 261.91 Shaun Morash

What's up, boys? Good morning. Good morning.

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262.791 - 268.816 Connor

I absolutely love this trade from the Jets' perspective. They're going to a 3-4. It's pretty obvious. Yep.

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269.336 - 280.248 Joe

He's a space-seating nose tackle. Jermaine doesn't really fit that system. And, you know, the guy at number two that if you – I don't know if you watched his tape ticket.

280.288 - 286.274 Tiki

He's freaky, the kid Arvel Reese. Oh, yeah. He's a 3-4 outside linebacker, bro.

Chapter 7: How do the Jets plan to rebuild their defense?

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Yep, yep. He is going to blow people's minds with the numbers he puts up at the combine. And – You know, if you switch it to a 3-4, Jermaine didn't fit. You could put Will McDonald at the other outside linebacker, and now you got, like, you know, I'm just happy about it. I think it's a good trade. Yeah, no, it is.

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301.854 - 324.467 Tiki

It's smart, and it tells you... I mean, you mentioned a great point about the change in what the defense is going to look like. It's not going to be two edges, two tackles, and, you know, putting linebackers in gaps and things like that. It's going to be basically five down. Now, those two edge guys, one or at least... probably both of them, need to be able to drop in coverage.

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When you play 3-4, you've got to be able to cover out of that 3-4 position. You can't just have five guys going after the quarterback. Which Arvel Reese clearly can. Which Arvel Reese is a ridiculous athlete. And so, I mean, you talk about Reuben Bain from Miami. It could be Arvel Reese. Could also be Texas Tech's Edge Bailey. Right. David Bailey.

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344.802 - 348.466 Craig

He's another guy. He's a freak athlete. So, look, they have their eyes on it.

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348.486 - 354.054 Shaun Morash

They know the deal. And as much as Evan has tried to envision the Fernando Mendoza trade... No, it's not.

354.274 - 361.383 Tiki

It's less important. Yes. I know why, as a fan, you get obsessed with the quarterback. You just can't help it.

Chapter 8: What are the long-term goals for the Jets' coaching staff?

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Because any team that gets deep into the postseason has... quarterback competency. Let's not say you got superstar quarterback, but it's quarterback competency. The Jets don't have that. And so it's easy to just pine for that. But the reality is this team needs to be rebuilt, the Jets I'm talking about, in so many different facets.

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And if you have a defensive head coach whose superpower is calling defense, then you better give them the pieces in order to do that really effectively. And so I If I'm the Jets, I'm focusing on getting this defense to be as great as possible this season. That's with draft, obviously. It's with free agency. We already saw it. It's starting with trades. And then keep games tight and close.

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And maybe you pull some of them out. Yes. And then ultimately, next year, you have a stupid quarterback class. It's ridiculous how good this next year is. With three first-round picks. You have three first-round picks as the Jets, and there are a ton of quarterbacks coming out in next year's class. And I told Evan yesterday, keep an eye on the kid. Drew Mestermaker, the kid is going to be a stud.

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Especially now that he's playing in Power 5 football with Oklahoma State. His head coach from North Texas, Eric Morris, took the job at Oklahoma State after Mike Gundy's career there kind of derailed and now it's over. But he's just one. There's a ton, right? Dante Moore is in this draft. Julian Sayen, Ohio State's quarterback, could be in this draft.

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Not even talking about Arch Manning, Lenore Sellers. There's five quarterbacks you could name off the top of your head that could be really good top ten potential talents in next year's draft. So forget about Fernando Mendoza. We've heard Evan talk about this for two months. Forget it. It's a pipe dream, and it doesn't even matter.

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Go fix your defense and have a great defense so that your head coach who has a superpower calling defense can actually have a superpower calling defense. The Jets now can approach the next two months like this.

490.644 - 493.468 Craig

And I know it's not the reality because of what we just talked about Mendoza.

493.609 - 498.817 Shaun Morash

Yeah. The Jets can approach the next two months as if they have the first pick in a draft that doesn't feature a quarterback.

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Yes.

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