It’s not Justin Fields, Breece Hall, or even Garrett Wilson. Aaron Glenn? Not even close.

The most important individual in the entire New York Jets franchise is Darren Mougey.

Under his direction over the next two years, the Jets will either launch a new era of success or get stuck trying to make a U-turn.

He turned his weekly “trade value” meetings into a trove of draft picks , accepting offers “we felt were too good for the team with Sauce and Quinnen.”

Sauce is Sauce Gardner, who was shipped to the Colts months after signing a four-year contract worth $120.4 million. Indianapolis gave up two first-round draft picks in return.

Mougey said Gardner’s deal was intentionally structured to be tradeable.

He wouldn’t say whether Williams formally requested a trade, confirm Jerry Jones’

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