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The New York Jets had a terrible 2024 campaign. New York went all in trying to win with QB Aaron Rodgers, making a number of desperate moves to become relevant. The Jets fired Robert Saleh despite being in the AFC East division race. They also traded for WR Davante Adams from the Raiders. Ultimately, all this got the Jets was a 5-12 record and a bunch of head scratching about what to do next.
Now the Jets are ready to begin a new era under new head coach Aaron Glenn. New York hired the former Lions defensive coordinator on Wednesday along with GM Lance Newmark, who also has a history in Detroit.
Glenn is a former Jets player who is known as a master motivator. In that way, he is very similar to Lions head coach Dan Campbell.
Glenn has plenty of pieces to work with on defense in New York. It will be interesting to see who he adds to his offensive coaching staff to lead the charge on that side of the ball.
The Jets hold the seventh overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft and roughly $20 million in cap space to work with before making any moves. New York may not turn into a contender overnight, but they have they have bones that could ultimately become a winning roster.
The Jets should explore all options for improving this roster. Installing Glenn’s culture in New York is another big priority. New York could kill two birds with one stone if they make the right trade.
Below we will explore one important trade that the Jets need to make now that they’ve locked up Aaron Glenn as their next head coach.
Let’s start with the trade terms before diving into the rationale for each team.
Jets receive:
Falcons receive:
To put it bluntly, there is no way that Aaron Glenn wants to keep Aaron Rodgers and his cronies around for the first season of his head coaching career.
Rodgers regularly pulled the strings in New York. He was responsible for pushing for some of their worst moves over the past two seasons. Glenn cannot have a player like this messing with the culture he wants to build in New York.
As a result, the Jets need to dump Rodgers, Adams, Lazard, and other Rodgers-aligned players ASAP. Aside from being a necessary move, cutting all three of these players can create over $50 million in cap space in 2025. This would give the Jets plenty of room to take on an existing contract, or add pieces during free agency.
Once that is done, they need to find a different quarterback they can roll with in 2025.
That’s where Kirk Cousins comes in.
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