When Jets general manager Darren Mougey turns in his first pick of the NFL Draft on Thursday night – he starts the day holding onto the No. 7 overall selection – it’ll mark the fifth time in the last 20 years a new regime has gotten its chance to shape the Jets through the draft.

The Jets knew they’d give themselves the potential for the best offensive line in the NFL if they selected Armand Membou.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Aaron Glenn sat at a table in the New York Jets’ press conference room and smiled. He didn’t stop smiling for the next nine minutes, a man relieved and relaxed after three months of building, of scouting, of educating his new staff on what he was looking for. This was what he was looking for.