Jets hire ex-Vikings GM Rick Spielman as senior advisor

The Jets’ beforehand bureau makeover continues.

The squad has hired 1 of the radical liable for helping prosecute Aaron Glenn and Darren Mougey.

During his CBS Sports podcast, released Thursday morning, Rick Spielman announced that helium would join the Jets arsenic a elder shot advisor. 

“I volition beryllium helping successful immoderate mode that I tin with Aaron Glenn and Darren Mougey,” Spielman said connected the With the First Pick podcast. “My biggest task is trying to rebuild the shot operations broadside of things. So there’s a batch of changes going connected there. I consciousness honored and privileged that they called maine and asked maine to beryllium portion of it going forward.”

Spielman, 62, volition enactment remotely and commute from Florham Park. He volition regenerate Phil Savage, who volition proceed to enactment successful the enactment arsenic a consultant. Savage became the Jets’ interim general manager aft Joe Douglas was fired successful November.

This is the latest alteration successful the Jets beforehand bureau this offseason. They precocious fired co-director of subordinate unit Greg Nejmeh and elder manager of shot medication David Socie.

In summation to Glenn and Mougey, Rob Paton, who has worked with Mougey since 2017, volition go the Jets’ co-director of subordinate personnel. His uncle is existent Broncos wide manager George Paton.

Spielman, Glenn, and Mougey volition look to crook astir a Jets franchise that hasn’t made the playoffs since 2010, the longest drought successful North American sports.

Having Spielman successful the gathering is an fantabulous determination for the Jets. Although helium won’t beryllium the decision-maker, his acquisition is invaluable. Both Glenn and Mougey tin bounce ideas and strategies disconnected Spielman, who has worked successful 4 antithetic organizations successful assorted roles.

“I americium conscionable a sounding committee arsenic I observe and spot things and stock a batch of my experiences,” Spelman said. “Aaron Glenn and Darren Mougey are the last determination makers. I americium conscionable their sounding committee and assistance them successful enactment successful immoderate way.”

After firing some head manager Robert Saleh and Douglas, Jets proprietor Woody Johnson hired The 33rd Team, founded by erstwhile Jets wide manager Mike Tannenbaum, to behaviour the hiring process. Spielman, who advised the Commanders’ wide manager and coaching searches past year, led the hiring searches.

This volition beryllium Spielman’s archetypal occupation successful the NFL since helium was fired arsenic Vikings wide manager pursuing the 2021 season. Since then, Spielman has worked successful the media with The 33rd Team, SiriusXM NFL Radio and CBS Sports.

Spielman began his front-office vocation successful 1990 aft 2 seasons successful the NFL arsenic a linebacker for the Chargers and Lions. He was Detroit’s assemblage scout from 1990-94.

In 1997, Spielman became the Bears manager of pro unit from 1997-99 earlier joining the Dolphins successful 2000 arsenic vice president of subordinate personnel. He was promoted successful 2002 to Miami’s elder vice president of operations and subordinate unit and yet became the team’s wide manager successful 2004 for conscionable 1 season.

Spielman resigned successful 2005 aft his powerfulness was stripped with the Dolphins aft Nick Saban was hired arsenic manager and fixed implicit power of shot operations.

After a play distant moving successful the media, Spielman joined the Vikings enactment successful 2006 arsenic their vice president of subordinate personnel. During that time, Spielman directed scouting, escaped agency, and draught preparations for the club. In 2012, Spielman became the Vikings wide manager, a relation helium would person for 10 seasons.

As wide manager, Spielman selected cardinal players specified arsenic Adrian Peterson, Justin Jefferson, Dalvin Cook, Stefon Diggs, Harrison Smith, and Eric Kendricks. He besides signed Kirk Cousins successful 2018, a play aft Case Keenum helped Minnesota to the NFC Championship.