NFL Rumors: Execs Believe Haason Reddick Trade Likely amid Jets Contract Holdout

Multiple NFL executives believe the New York Jets are likely to trade Haason Reddick amid the edge-rusher's holdout for a new contract, ESPN's Jeremy Fowler reported.

"Their options appear clear: keep him on the reserve list until he reports or attempt to trade him closer to the trade deadline. The latter is looking more likely, according to multiple league execs," Fowler wrote.

One anonymous NFC executive told Fowler: "Not sure they have a choice. They wouldn't get similar value back [a third-rounder], but it would be hard [for the Jets] to pay him at this point, and he clearly doesn't want to be there. Both sides badly mismanaged the situation."

The Jets traded a conditional third-round 2026 pick to acquire Reddick from the Philadelphia Eagles in April, but he has yet to practice or play amid his holdout for a new deal. He requested a trade, which New York denied, in August.

"We have informed Haason that we will not trade him, that he is expected to be here with his teammates, and that he will continue to be fined per the CBA if he does not report," general manager Joe Douglas said in an August statement, per ESPN's Rich Cimini. "Since the trade discussions back in March we have been clear, direct, and consistent with our position. Our focus will remain on the guys we have here as we prepare for the regular season."

According to Cimini, the Jets refused to negotiate with Reddick until he reported to the team, while Reddick refused to report without a new contract.

The 29-year-old remained on the Jets' reserve/did not report list ahead of the team's season-opening loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Monday.

After accruing more than $5.8 million in fines from sitting out the Jets' training camp and preseason, Reddick lost almost $800,000 in salary for sitting out Week 1, per Spotrac.

The defensive end will miss out on earning the same amount for every subsequent regular-season game he misses, per ESPN's Adam Schefter.

Last season, Reddick earned the second straight Pro Bowl nod of his career as he recorded 11.0 sacks and 38 combined tackles. He had totaled 27.0 sacks over two seasons with the Eagles.

He is currently heading into the final year of an expiring contract, which offers him a non-guaranteed base salary of $14.25 million for the 2024 season.

Reddick is looking for a contract in the range of $25 million per year, The Athletic's Zack Rosenblatt reported in August. That annual average value would rank him beside Cleveland Browns star Myles Garrett among the top six highest-paid edge-rushers in the NFL.

Rosenblatt added that this asking price limited Reddick's trade market when he was looking for a way out of Philadelphia.

The ongoing holdout is likely to further lower the asking price the Jets could get for the Temple product, considering his inability to work out a new deal has now spanned to two different teams.

The Jets were hoping to upgrade their pass rush with the offseason acquisition of Reddick, and without him may have to lean on a relatively untested player in 2023 first-rounder Will McDonald.

As the holdout stretches closer to the Nov. 5 trade deadline, Jets general manager Joe Douglas may start testing the trade market for Reddick nonetheless.