Could the Jets use the franchise tag? What it costs, why it suits contenders, the tag-and-trade case, and the compensatory pick trade-off.
How the Jets build their roster: the five acquisition channels, surplus value, what the 2025-26 teardown bought, and the 2026 draft class.
How NFL free agency shapes the Jets: why it is the most expensive channel, what a rebuild should buy, compensatory picks, and how to judge a class.
New York Jets 2026 Offseason Roster Tracker: Every Key Move Before Training Camp Published: June 20, 2026 | By: Bruce Dugan | Category: Roster Moves Tracker ⚡ In brief: The Offseason at a Glance What is the current state of the 2026 NY Jets roster? To bounce back from a 3–14 finish, second-year head coach…
The Jets’ 2022 rookie class holds the key to the organization’s future. Before this past offseason, the overall consensus surrounding the New York Jets was that the team needed an influx of talent. Between their ample cap space and draft capital, many said the Jets had to “win” the offseason and not strike out in…
I’m unsure if you heard, but the Jets welcomed three new additions to their roster on the first day of free agency. For the past two years, the team has stressed making smart moves instead of splashy ones…finding value where no one else was looking. Their conservative approach led to missing out on some of…
During his brief tenure, Joe Douglas has thus far employed a measured and conservative approach to free agency. He hasn’t dolled out enormous globs of guaranteed money, he’s targeted cheaper value players to fill specific roles and he’s avoided the big ticket free agents. It’s a smart blueprint! It’s an approach most smart teams employ,…
This website is firmly a “don’t pay running backs big money,” website. However, this website also doesn’t actually make any decisions for the Jets. Fortunately for fans of the team, Joe Douglas is much closer to being firmly entrenched in the “don’t pay running backs big money,” crowd than not. But there are exceptions to…
Recently, I dove into the most successful moves that the Jets made at this time one year ago. Today we flip the script. Where did the Jets go wrong last year, and how can they avoid similar mishaps in 2020? Ryan Kalil Joe Douglas deserves a ton of slack here. It is clear that he…
As we move closer to another NFL free agency period, it is interesting to take a look back at the Jets’ successes and failures in past offseasons to get an idea of what they should and shouldn’t do in the future. Tomorrow, we will dive into the Jets’ failures of the 2019 free agency period,…