Trying to find an edge rusher within the wake of Bryce Huff’s departure in free company, the New York Jets acquired Haason Reddick in a commerce Friday with the Philadelphia Eagles, sources instructed ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
The Jets will ship a conditional 2026 third-round decide to the Eagles that improves to a 2026 second-rounder if Reddick reaches 67.5% play time and 10 sacks, the sources stated. In 2023, Reddick recorded 11 sacks and 38 tackles in 17 video games. He performed 74% of the defensive snaps.
Principally, the Jets and Eagles swapped edge rushers. Huff, who led the Jets with 10 sacks final season, signed a three-year, $51 million contract with the Eagles on Day 1 of free company.
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The Jets pursued Shaq Barrett and Jadeveon Clowney in free company, however they signed with the Miami Dolphins and Carolina Panthers, respectively.
In Reddick, 29, the Jets are getting a confirmed commodity. He has 50.5 sacks over the previous 4 seasons, the fourth-highest whole within the NFL. Reddick and Cleveland Browns star Myles Garrett are the one two gamers to file at the very least 10 sacks in every of the previous 4 seasons.
The draw back to the commerce is the Jets are inheriting a giant contract. Reddick is because of make $14.25 million in base pay in 2024, the ultimate yr of his contract. If they do not re-sign him, and he leaves as a free agent subsequent yr, the Jets can be in line for a compensatory draft decide in 2026. It is also attainable that the Jets give him a brand new contract earlier than the approaching season.
Reddick can also be due a $1 million roster bonus on April 1. The Eagles are anticipated to pay the bonus, a supply stated. It was initially due in March, however the Eagles and Reddick pushed it again to assist facilitate a commerce.
That is the most recent in a sequence of win-now strikes by the Jets, who’re making an attempt to capitalize on their Aaron Rodgers window. They acquired tackles Tyron Smith and Morgan Moses, each 33, and likewise added vast receiver Mike Williams, 29, who’s coming off ACL surgical procedure.
The Jets are loaded at defensive finish, with Reddick becoming a member of starters Jermaine Johnson and John Franklin-Myers and 2023 first-round decide Will McDonald. Additionally they have backup Micheal Clemons.
“The extra, the merrier,” coach Robert Saleh stated this week on the annual league assembly in Orlando, Florida.
Usually, the Jets prefer to rotate 4, typically 5 defensive ends in a sport. Reddick’s arrival may influence McDonald, who is anticipated to have a bigger position after a nondescript rookie yr. It additionally may influence Franklin-Myers, who carries a $16.4 million cap cost. They might strategy him a couple of pay lower.
The priority with Reddick is that he tailed off on the finish of final season, ending with 5 straight sackless video games (together with one within the playoffs). The Eagles modified defensive coordinators through the season, which appeared to have an effect on Reddick’s position and utilization.
“Every kind of juice and gasoline off the sting. He is undoubtedly an issue,” Saleh stated of Reddick earlier than going through the Eagles final season. “… He is undoubtedly discovered a brand new lease on life in that entrance. He is dynamic. He is versatile. They will do quite a lot of various things with him, however he is a three-way rusher. He can win inside. He can win exterior. He can run proper via you.”
