NFL GMs: Haason Reddick Trade Calls Should Be Made by Jets amid Contract Holdout

Opposing general managers think the New York Jets might have to blink first amid the ongoing holdout of edge-rusher Haason Reddick, according to The Athletic's Dianna Russini.

"While the team doesn't want to give in, other GMs around the league believe the Jets need to start making calls," Russini reported Saturday.

She added that "I don't expect him to show up anytime soon" unless he has a new contract in hand.

Reddick has already forfeited a lot of earnings through his holdout, and each missed game tacks another $791,666 onto that total. The Jets might be thinking he basically has to report at some point because the alternative is him sitting out the entire season and likely having his contract tolled so he's still signed to New York for 2025.

But the Nov. 5 trade deadline presents a ticking clock for general manager Joe Douglas, and the closer we get to early November lowers what the team would get back in a swap.

It doesn't sound like Reddick is all that close to showing up at the Jets' facility absent a new contract in hand, either. Russini's report comes after ESPN's Rich Cimini said on his Flight Deck with Rich Cimini podcast that "I think Reddick is so frustrated with the Jets' situation" he'd welcome a return to the Philadelphia Eagles.

Reddick's offseason departure from Philadelphia resulted from a financial impasse there as well.

Nobody is benefiting from the two-time Pro Bowler's holdout. He's losing a lot of money and the Jets don't have the services of a player who they clearly expected to occupy a big role in the defense.

Trading Reddick wouldn't help New York right now now assuming the return is draft compensation, and the team will almost assuredly struggle to recoup the conditional 2026 third-rounder it sent to Philly.

But something is better than the nothing the Jets have gotten from Reddick to this point.