The NFL trade deadline is Tuesday, November 10, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. ET.
Clearly, the 2-7 Jets should be sellers, especially on defense, where they are playing some very low-level football.
Last year, they were 1-7 and traded two of their more talented defensive players, CB Sauce Gardner to Indianapolis and DT Quinnen Williams to Dallas.
So why not take that same aggressive approach this year?
Jets coach Aaron Glenn has said repeatedly, “We are in the business of keeping good football players.”
How many players are playing like “good football players” on their defense right now? Not many, so why not make almost everybody available?
Because it’s hard to imagine their defense could get much worse, even if they traded a couple of players?
They could be 2-7 with or without them.
They are coming off a 35-12 loss to Kansas City that featured bad run defense and too many blown assignments in pass coverage.
So Jets GM Darren Mougey clearly needs to listen to all trade offers for most of his defensive players, and if any offer blows him away, he should consider it. Obviously there should be a few untouchables, like David Bailey, but not many more.
Long-time New York sports talk host Mike Francesa reported in the spring that Mougey is now in charge, so perhaps he’s empowered now to get rid of some players without blind loyalty from others getting in the way.
“Glenn was clearly… the voice and the power of the whole thing, and you can see now, if you’re paying attention, that has shifted dramatically there,” Francesa said in March. “(Darren) Mougey’s now in charge, and clearly, my understanding is Woody made a decision that Mougey’s in charge.”
If that is true, Mougey should be actively looking to deal players, especially on defense, and also look to acquire a big, powerful defensive tackle who gets high marks for his run defense. This is a huge need.
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