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The New York Jets were one of the NFL’s most disappointing teams throughout the 2024 season. New York finished 5-12 and were a complete disaster during a desperate campaign. Now the Jets need to transition into offseason mode and begin rebuilding the team around head coach Aaron Glenn’s vision of the future.
The first offseason decision the Jets need to make about the roster relates to Aaron Rodgers. For the purposes of this exercise, I will assume that New York decides to cut both Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams with post-June 1st designations. This will clear plenty of cap space and give New York options on how to improve the roster. I’ve also factored in a restructure for Quinnen Williams to create a little more room.
The Jets enter the offseason with roughly $20 million in cap space before even making a move. That can increase to $66 million after cutting Adams and Rodgers and go even higher with a restructure to Williams.
With those moves in mind, I see the Jets focusing on trading away players who are due for extensions after the 2025 season. New York will send those players away in exchange for future draft capital and players who can contribute right away.
Below we will explore two important trades the Jets should make during the 2025 NFL offseason. One of the trades includes the Jets getting two players in return.
First the trade terms.
Jets receive:
Rams receive:
This would be a huge trade for both teams, in the same level of magnitude as the last trade involving Matthew Stafford.
New York receives the dynamic duo of Stafford and Cooper Kupp, completely transforming their offense with one move. This trade makes the Jets much more competitive in 2025 and gives them some runway to build the rest of the roster while competing.
Stafford will be 37 years old for the 2025 season and Kupp will be 32 years old. Jets fans would expect two years out of the pair, just like they did when acquiring Rodgers. New York would have a small window to compete during the early years of the Glenn regime.
In exchange, the Jets send away both Garrett Wilson and Michael Carter II.
Wilson’s rookie contract is coming to an end soon, so the Jets get the most value they can for him right away. Kupp can replace his production and keep the Jets from having to hand out a lengthy contract extension in the near future.
It hurts to give up Carter II, but the Rams desperately need help in the secondary. He is a doable addition that gives New York even more cap space during the 2026 offseason.
The draft picks are also a huge part of this trade....
