Eagles trading pass rusher Haason Reddick to Jets for conditional 2026 third-round pick

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Take into account it a swap of edge-rushing expertise, if you’ll. Weeks after pass-rushing specialist Bryce Huff left the Jets for a three-year, $51.1 million take care of the Eagles, the 2 groups have struck a deal to ship Reddick to New York, the place the Jets are all in on 2024.

Reddick’s compensation has been a sticking level for the Eagles courting again to early February, when Philadelphia gave Reddick permission to hunt a commerce. 2024 can also be shaping up because the third straight season through which the Eagles will embark upon their soccer journey with a brand new defensive coordinator, with veteran coach Vic Fangio changing Sean Desai, who was fired following a nightmarish regression in 2023. The mixed elements enticed the Eagles to buy Reddick, and on Friday, they discovered a enterprise associate.

Reddick posted high quality numbers in 2023, recording 11 sacks and 38 tackles (13 for loss), incomes a second straight journey to the Professional Bowl. He wasn’t fairly the identical game-changing pressure as he was within the prior yr, although, and after having fun with high quality manufacturing from Reddick at an extremely inexpensive price ($6.9 million cap quantity in 2023), the Eagles weren’t too concerned about watching that quantity soar to $21.8 million in 2024 (or carrying his $14.6 million useless cap quantity in 2025).

As soon as Jadeveon Clowney signed with Carolina, the Eagles discovered an answer to their drawback within the Jets, who struck out on Clowney and wanted one other confirmed rusher following Huff’s departure. New York will probably slot Reddick into the lineup reverse Jermaine Johnson alongside a entrance that ought to stay one of the crucial menacing in soccer.

Ideally, Reddick — a former first-round decide who was largely thought of a bust by the point he entered his remaining yr in Arizona, then reclaimed his profession narrative with 4 straight seasons of high quality manufacturing unfold throughout three groups (Arizona, Carolina and Philadelphia) — indicators a long-term take care of the Jets. For now, although, he is on a one-year contract with a New York group that will probably be pleased to welcome a confirmed edge rusher to a protection that has been its energy over the previous few years.