The New York Jets are bolstering their pass-rushing unit. The membership has agreed to phrases with the Philadelphia Eagles on a commerce to accumulate All-Professional linebacker Haason Reddick, in response to CBS Sports activities lead NFL insider Jonathan Jones. In trade for Reddick, Philadelphia will obtain a conditional draft choose in 2026. Per Jones, it’s at the moment a third-round choice however can turn into a second-rounder if Reddick performs 67.5% of the defensive snaps in 2024 and has 10-plus sacks.
A commerce out of Philly has been looming over Reddick all through the offseason, notably with the 29-year-old getting into the ultimate 12 months of his contract. For 2024, Reddick is about to make a base wage of $14.25 million and has a $21.8 million cap cost. The Jets will tackle $14.5 million of Reddick’s whole compensation for 2024 whereas the Eagles will foot the invoice on his $1 million roster bonus that was due earlier this month, per NFL Media. The Eagles had given Reddick permission to hunt a commerce earlier this offseason, and the writing gave the impression to be on the wall for his departure after the workforce restructured Josh Sweat’s contract and signed fellow cross rusher Bryce Huff in free company.
Talking of Huff, his departure from the Jets this offseason is what created the outlet that’s now being stuffed by Reddick, so it is a roundabout swap between these two franchises.
Reddick entered the league because the No. 13 general choose by the Arizona Cardinals within the 2017 NFL Draft out of Temple. He performed 4 seasons with the membership earlier than having a one-year stint with the Carolina Panthers earlier than touchdown in Philadelphia. With the Eagles is the place Reddick blossomed right into a premier cross rusher, incomes back-to-back Professional Bowl nods over the previous two seasons in addition to second-team All-Professional honors in 2022.
Listed here are our instantaneous grades for the deal:
Eagles: A
General, it is a fairly even swap between these two Tremendous Bowl contenders. Philadelphia good points a slight edge on this commerce if we take a look at the totality of what led us to the deal. The membership signed Bryce Huff to a three-year deal earlier in free company, which is what made Reddick expendable and created a necessity at cross rusher in New York. The Eagles acquired youthful on the place with Huff set to enter his age-26 season and Reddick getting into his age-30 season, whereas not sacrificing dramatically from a expertise standpoint. Whereas Reddick is extra adorned all through his profession, Huff has developed into a robust cross rusher, who’s coming off a career-year 10-sack season in 2023.
As for the commerce itself, it is conceivable this turns right into a second-rounder. Reddick has topped 10-plus sacks in every of his previous 4 seasons and has confirmed to be an every-down participant, notching at the least 74% of the defensive snaps in every of the previous 4 years as properly. So, if you happen to take a look at it because the Eagles getting Huff and (at worst) a third-rounder in 2026 for Reddick, that is fairly a return.
Jets: A-
Whereas now we have the Eagles technically “successful” this deal by a hair, the Jets have landed on their toes fairly properly by buying Reddick, who is without doubt one of the extra underrated cross rushers within the league. He slots into Huff’s function as a super alternative and — for 2024 — ought to show to be the superior participant. It is also a comparatively low-risk transfer for the Jets by way of the draft capital they gave up. Reddick is simply signed via this season and if the workforce cannot lengthen him, they might get a compensatory choose in return for him.
Reddick additionally jives with New York’s “win now” mode that they discover themselves in with Aaron Rodgers at quarterback. The membership has made a collection of short-term offers this offseason to bolster their probabilities of hoisting a Lombardi Trophy and Reddick is the newest chess piece to maneuver. A pass-rushing rotation of Reddick, Jermaine Johnson II, Will McDonald IV, and John Franklin-Myers is downright scary. The unsure future past 2024 and the potential value of a second-rounder is what prevents this from drawing even with Philly within the grade division, however this fills a drastic want with a top-tier expertise.