Tag: New York Jets

Dec 14, 2025; Jacksonville, Florida, USA; New York Jets running back Breece Hall (20) runs with the ball during the first quarter against the Jacksonville Jaguars at EverBank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Morgan Tencza-Imagn Images

Reports: Jets sign RB Breece Hall to 3-year, $45.75M extension

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The Jets stayed true to their commitment to keep Breece Hall in New York, signing the running back to a three-year deal, according to multiple reports Friday.

The deal is worth a total of $45.75 million with an annual payout of $15.25 million, making him the third-highest paid player at his position, per NFL Network, behind the Philadelphia Eagles’ Saquon Barkley at $20.6 million annually and the San Francisco 49ers’ Christian McCaffrey at $19 million.

Hall, who turns 25 on May 31, acknowledged the deal on X, re-posting the news and writing, “Shoutout everyone in my corner. Lot of work left to do. God Bless.”

The Jets had applied the non-exclusive franchise tag to Hall in early March but also said at the time that a long-term contract was the priority for both sides.

The non-exclusive version of the tag guaranteed Hall $14.293 million for 2026 but meant Hall could negotiate with other teams, and a transition franchise tag would have paid Hall $11.323 million for one season but would have made him more attractive to another team considering an offer sheet.

“Ideally, we’d find a way to get a deal done and keep Breece around,” Jets General Manager Darren Mougey said at the NFL Scouting Combine in late February. “I think I’ve said that for the last year since I’ve got here. Breece is a good player. We want to find a way to keep him around.”

Hall has rushed for 3,398 yards and 18 touchdowns in his first four seasons since the Jets selected him in the second round of the 2022 NFL Draft out of Iowa State.

He amassed a career-high 1,065 yards in 2025, becoming the first Jets player since Chris Ivory in 2015 to surpass 1,000 rushing yards.

Hall also has 188 receptions for 1,642 yards and nine scores in 56 NFL games (50 starts).

–Field Level Media

Feb 1, 2026; San Francisco, CA, USA; Chicago Bears cornerback Nahshon Wright (26) during NFC practice at the Flag Fieldhouse Moscone Center South Building. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

Reports: Interception-hungry Jets signing Pro Bowl CB Nahshon Wright

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The New York Jets — who failed to intercept one pass last season — are signing Pro Bowl cornerback Nahshon Wright, who had five with the Chicago Bears, to a one-year contract worth up to $5.5 million, according to multiple reports on Tuesday.

The Jets also are signing former New York Giants safety Dane Belton to a one-year, $4 million deal worth up to $6 with incentives, per reports. New York already bolstered the secondary by acquiring five-time Pro Bowl safety Minkah Fitzpatrick from the Miami Dolphins on Monday for a 2026 seventh-round pick, multiple outlets reported.

Wright, 27, was selected to the Pro Bowl after his lone season with Chicago. He returned one interception 74 yards for a touchdown in the season opener against his previous team, the Minnesota Vikings, as the Bears went on to lead the league with 33 takeaways including 23 picks in 2025.

He also made 80 tackles, forced two fumbles, recovered three fumbles and defended 11 passes in 17 regular-season games (16 starts).

For his career, Wright has 117 tackles, six interceptions, two forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and 16 passes defended in 50 regular-season games (19 starts) for the Dallas Cowboys (2021-23), Vikings (2024) and Bears. Dallas traded him to Minnesota in August 2024 and he played in one game for the Vikings before they released him in April 2025.

The Cowboys selected Wright in the third round of the 2021 NFL Draft.

Belton, 25, played the past four seasons for the Giants, who picked him in the fourth round of the 2022 draft. He started nine of 17 games last season and totaled 120 tackles, one interception, two sacks, three forced fumbles and five passes defended.

He has started 22 of 66 games and totaled 240 tackles, six interceptions, four forced fumbles, four fumble recoveries and 16 passes defended.

–Field Level Media

Dec 28, 2025; Paradise, Nevada, USA; Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Geno Smith (7) throws in the third quarter against the New York Giants at Allegiant Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

Jets reportedly reacquire QB Geno Smith in trade with Raiders

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Thirteen years after drafting Geno Smith, the Jets haven’t found a surefire solution to their quarterback woes and are bringing the 35-year-old back to New York for another shot.

The Raiders and Jets reportedly agreed to the trade on Tuesday sending Smith back to his original NFL team in return for a 2026 sixth-round draft pick.

The Jets also will receive a seventh-round pick (No. 2019 overall) along with Smith, who was awaiting his release by the Raiders before the start of the league year on Wednesday.

With an opportunity to head back to the Jets, Smith, 35, reportedly agreed to restructure his contract. ESPN reported the Raiders are paying most of the remaining tab, limiting New York’s financial commitment to just over the league minimum for veteran players.

The Jets selected Smith in the second round (39th overall) of the 2013 draft out of West Virginia. He played his first four seasons for the Jets and completed 57.9% of his passes for 5,962 yards and 28 touchdowns with 26 interceptions in 33 games (30 starts) from 2013-16.

Las Vegas is projected to use the No. 1 pick in next month’s draft on Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza.

There was urgency for the Raiders to trade or release Smith with an $8 million guarantee in his contract due to hit the books March 13.

Smith threw a league-worst 17 interceptions and completed 67.4% of his passes for 3,025 yards with 15 touchdowns in 15 starts last season. The Raiders were 2-13 in games he started and Smith was sacked a league-high 55 times.

Smith has completed 65.2% of his passes for 22,168 yards and 124 TDs with 89 interceptions in 109 regular-season games (98 starts) with the Jets, New York Giants (2017), Los Angeles Chargers (2018), Seattle Seahawks (2020-24) and Raiders.

His only playoff appearance was in 2022 with the Seahawks, a 41-23 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in an NFC wild-card game. Smith was honored as the NFL Comeback Player of the Year that season and made the Pro Bowl in 2022 and 2023.

–Field Level Media

Report: Jets contact Jon Gruden about role on Aaron Glenn’s staff

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The New York Jets reached out to former NFL head coach Jon Gruden about joining Aaron Glenn’s coaching staff but were rebuffed, The Athletic reported.

Glenn’s original plan was to retain offensive coordinator Tanner Engstrand but turn the play-calling duties over to a veteran offensive coach, per the report. Glenn reached out to Gruden and others about the role before ultimately firing Engstrand on Tuesday.

Gruden, 62, was head coach of the Oakland/Las Vegas Raiders (1998-2001, 2018-21) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2002-08). He compiled a 117-112 record with five playoff appearances, including a Super Bowl XXXVII victory in his first season with the Bucs.

Gruden has been out of the NFL since serving as a consultant with the New Orleans Saints in 2023. The former ESPN broadcaster joined the Barstool Sports team in 2024.

The leading candidate to replace Engstrand in New York is former Indianapolis Colts and Carolina Panthers head coach Frank Reich, according to multiple reports.

–Field Level Media

Michigan defensive coordinator Wink Martindale watches a play against Washington during the second half at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025.

Reports: Wink Martindale to interview for Jets DC position

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Former NFL defensive coordinator Don “Wink” Martindale will have an in-person interview in New York on Saturday for the same open position with the Jets, according to multiple reports.

Martindale, 62, spent the past two seasons as the defensive coordinator for Michigan but was one of many staffers not retained when new Wolverines head coach Kyle Whittingham came on board in the wake of Sherrone Moore’s firing.

Martindale accepted the defensive coordinator position at Michigan after parting ways with the New York Giants following the 2023 season. The Giants’ defense under Martindale finished 27th overall in 2023 but tied for first in the league in turnovers created.

Martindale previously served as the defensive coordinator with the Baltimore Ravens from 2018-21 and with the Denver Broncos (2010).

In an interview with AthlonSports anticipating his release from Michigan, Martindale was asked how he handled the “upheaval” surrounding various controversies in the Wolverines program, including sanctions and suspensions incurred for previous sign-stealing and scouting scandals as well as the dramatic firing of Moore for an inappropriate relationship with a staffer and subsequent arrest for home invasion and stalking.

“I don’t know if ‘you handled it,’ is the right word. It’s a tough situation,” Martindale said, before turning his attention to his family. “First of all, I know what we signed up for in coaching, the profession itself: moving. My wife has moved enough.”

“I’m getting emotional talking about it. It’s real life. There’s little ones that have to be uprooted from school and things like that. It (stinks).”

–Field Level Media

Bills host Jets in 52-year-old stadium’s regular-season farewell

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The Buffalo Bills will play their final regular-season game in Highmark Stadium on Sunday when they meet the visiting New York Jets in Orchard Park, N.Y.

The Bills have a 246-163 record in Highmark Stadium, which was Rich Stadium when it opened in 1973 and later Ralph Wilson Stadium. Buffalo will play its home games in a new facility next season.

“The fans and the environment have been so special here,” Buffalo coach Sean McDermott said. “I think that’s where it starts.”

Buffalo (11-5) has secured a playoff spot, but the Bills’ streak of five straight AFC East titles ended when last weekend’s 13-12 loss to Philadelphia handed the division title to New England.

The Bills can be seeded as high as No. 5 for the AFC playoffs if they beat the Jets, but their seeding will depend on the results of Week 18 games that involve the Los Angeles Chargers, Jacksonville and Houston.

The Jets (3-13) have lost their last four games and six of their last seven. When New York coach Aaron Glenn was asked Wednesday how he felt about his job security, he said his focus is on Sunday’s game.

“I want to beat the Bills — that’s what I’m thinking about,” he said. “That’s it.”

Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen, the 2024 NFL MVP, has completed 69.3% of his passes this season. He’s thrown 25 touchdown passes and has been intercepted 10 times. Allen has also run for 14 TDs, which is third in the NFL, but he has been dealing with a foot injury and didn’t practice Wednesday. McDermott said Allen is moving in the right direction.

“He’s in a better spot early this week than he was last week,” McDermott said. “That’s all I can tell you right now.

“There’s a lot of different paths and approaches we can take, but at the end of the day the one I always come back to is ‘What’s best for the team?’ That’s really where we’re at right now.”

Buffalo running back James Cook is No. 2 in the NFL in rush attempts (307) and No. 1 in rushing yards (1,606).

“When it comes to this game obviously we don’t have to talk about their personnel,” Glenn said. “Obviously we know who their guys are and we know how this team operates.”

Although Tyrod Taylor has returned to the Jets after dealing with a personal situation, Glenn said rookie Brady Cook will be the starting quarterback Sunday. It will be the fourth straight game Cook has started. He has one TD pass and seven interceptions during that span.

The Jets were held to 54 passing yards in their 30-10 loss to Buffalo in Week 2.

The Bills have allowed the fewest passing yards in the NFL this season (163.4 per game) and the fourth-fewest passing TDs (18), but have surrendered the most rushing TDs (24) and third-most rushing yards (140.4 per game).

McDermott said linebacker Terrel Bernard won’t play Sunday. Bernard, the team’s defensive captain, sustained a calf injury during the second quarter of last week’s loss.

Running back Breece Hall is among the Jets players who didn’t practice Wednesday. Hall sustained a knee injury during last Sunday’s loss to New England. He surpassed the 1,000-yard mark by rushing for 111 yards on 14 carries in the loss.

–Field Level Media

Jets QB Justin Fields (knee) to end season on injured reserve

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New York Jets quarterback Justin Fields, who has missed the last three games with a knee issue, will move to injured reserve for the team’s final two games this season.

“We tried to see how we could get this to work, but it wasn’t getting better as we would like it,” Jets coach Aaron Glenn said on Tuesday, “so we want to make sure we get a focus on that and make sure we get him better.”

Fields, 26, has not played since Week 11, when the Jets suffered a 27-14 road loss to the New England Patriots on Nov. 13. He went 2-7 as a starter in his first season with the Jets, completing 62.7% of his passes for 1,259 yards, seven touchdowns and one interception that netted an 89.5 quarterback rating — the second-best of his five-year career. He also rushed 71 times for 383 yards and four scores.

He averaged 139.9 passing yards per game. Fields threw for less than 55 yards in four games, including 27 on 3-for-11 passing in a 30-10 home loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sept. 14.

Fields lost his starting job to well-traveled veteran Tyrod Taylor, 36, who also has been hurt. Undrafted rookie Brady Cook, 24, is in line to make his third straight start on Sunday against the visiting Patriots (12-3).

The Jets (3-12) signed Fields in March to a two-year, $40 million contract — $30 million guaranteed — in free agency after he failed to establish himself as a franchise quarterback with the Chicago Bears or Pittsburgh Steelers.

Chicago selected Fields with the 11th overall pick of the 2021 NFL Draft out of Ohio State. They traded him to Pittsburgh for a 2025 sixth-round pick in March 2024.

Fields owns a 16-37 record as a starter in his 59 regular-season games. He has compiled 9,039 passing yards, 52 touchdowns and 32 interceptions as well as 2,892 rushing yards and 23 TDs.

–Field Level Media

Jets sticking with Brady Cook as starting QB vs. Patriots

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Undrafted Jets rookie Brady Cook will make his third straight start at quarterback when New York faces the visiting New England Patriots on Sunday.

Cook has yet to pick up a win, but head coach Aaron Glenn told reporters Monday he thinks Cook was “doing a really, really good job” early Sunday against the Saints before he and the team stumbled the rest of the way to a 29-6 loss in New Orleans.

Cook finished 22-of-35 passing for 188 yards with no touchdowns, one interception and a whopping eight sacks against the Saints.

His first start, a 48-20 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, came as injuries forced starters Tyrod Taylor and Justin Fields to the sidelines. Taylor was available as Cook’s backup against New Orleans but Glenn said he didn’t consider benching Cook and bringing Taylor in.

“The thing is, we weren’t stagnant until the second half. If you take a look at where we were at, I think it was 9-6, so I thought we were right there in the game. I just thought at that time Brady would give us the best chance to win,” Glenn said.

When asked by reporters Sunday whether Cook got the start because he gives the Jets the best chance to win or because it gives the Jets (3-12) a chance to see what the 24-year-old has in him, Glenn said it was “a little bit of both.” Glenn said the week before the Jets wanted to “continue to evaluate him.”

Cook is 58-for-98 passing for 527 yards and a 59.2 completion percentage with one touchdown and six interceptions in three appearances (two starts) against the Saints, Jaguars and Miami Dolphins, when he entered the game in the first quarter after Taylor went down with a groin injury. He was been sacked 17 times.

The Patriots, meanwhile, come into the matchup having clinched a playoff spot with a late 28-24 comeback win against the Baltimore Ravens Sunday night. A Week 17 win against the Jets would secure the AFC East title for New England.

–Field Level Media

Reports: Jets to part ways with WR Allen Lazard

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The New York Jets are granting wide receiver Allen Lazard’s request to be released, multiple media outlets reported on Tuesday.

Lazard, who reportedly is seeking to play for a contending team, signed a four-year, $44 million contract ahead of the 2023 season

Should Lazard be claimed off waivers, the team that picks him up will be responsible to pay the final three weeks ($291,667) of his 2025 base salary of $1.75 million.

Lazard, 30, has 10 catches for 70 yards and one touchdown in 10 games (two starts) this season. He joined the Jets shortly after the arrival of former Green Bay Packers teammate Aaron Rodgers.

He has totaled 239 catches for 3,147 yards and 28 TDs in 93 career games (64 starts) for the Packers (2018-22) and Jets.

–Field Level Media

Trevor Lawrence totals six touchdowns in Jaguars’ rout of Jets

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Trevor Lawrence threw for 330 yards and five touchdowns while adding a sixth score on the ground Sunday as the Jacksonville Jaguars stayed atop the AFC South with a 48-20 walloping of the visiting New York Jets.

Lawrence completed 20 of 32 passes while adding a team-high 51 yards rushing despite suffering an injury to his right index finger in the second quarter. Trainers taped up his finger, enabling Lawrence to stay in the game.

Jaguars running back Travis Etienne scored touchdowns on each of his three receptions that went for a game-high 73 yards.

New York quarterback Brady Cook hit on 22 of 33 passes for 176 yards with a touchdown and three interceptions in his first NFL start. Cook got the call with Justin Fields and Tyrod Taylor sidelined due to injuries.

The result allowed Jacksonville to improve to 10-4, a game ahead of Houston in the AFC South with three weeks remaining. The Jets, who last week were eliminated from playoff contention for the 15th straight year, dropped to 3-11.

Lawrence wasted little time getting his barrage started, hitting Brian Thomas Jr. for a 4-yard scoring strike at the 10:18 mark of the first quarter. It was 14-0 less than four minutes later after Lawrence rushed for a 15-yard touchdown.

Cook got New York on the board via a 9-yard strike to Adonai Mitchell with 1:47 left in the first quarter, but Lawrence hooked up with Bhayshul Tuten for a 16-yard touchdown 46 seconds into the second quarter.

Nick Folk kicked a 41-yard field goal for the Jets with 5:03 on the clock but the Jaguars made it 31-10 at the half on Cam Little’s 33-yarder and the first of Lawrence’s three scoring strikes to Etienne, a 20-yarder.

Folk bombed a 51-yarder on New York’s first possession of the third quarter but Lawrence hit Etienne for an 8-yard touchdown pass at the 7:01 mark, making it 38-13. Little booted a 22-yard field goal with 1:43 remaining in the period.

Isaiah Davis ran 24 yards for the Jets’ last touchdown 52 seconds into the fourth quarter before Lawrence found Etienne for a 45-yard strike with 13:40 remaining.

Jacksonville outgained New York 438-284.

–Field Level Media