With a couple of days left until the deadline, we’ve got news of another major trade to pass along. The Jets are going to trade linebacker Avery Williamson to the Steelers.
Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News was the first to tweet that a deal was in the works, and Ian Rapoport of NFL Network quickly confirmed that the trade was in fact happening (Twitter link). Pittsburgh will send New York a 2022 fifth-rounder and get back a 2022 seventh-rounder, Adam Schefter of ESPN.com tweets. Williamson will provide needed reinforcements at inside linebacker after the Steelers just lost stud Devin Bush for the rest of the season with a torn ACL.
Pittsburgh is the last undefeated team in the league and they’re looking like legit Super Bowl contenders, so it’s not surprising that they’re being aggressive. It makes plenty of sense for the 0-8 Jets as well, as New York is looking to sell off veteran assets in exchange for whatever draft capital they can get.
A fifth-round pick of the Titans back in 2014, Williamson signed a three-year, $22.5MM pact with the Jets in the 2018 offseason. He started all 16 games for New York that year, racking up a whopping 120 tackles, before missing all of last season with a torn ACL. He’ll be an unrestricted free agent this offseason and with Bush coming back in 2021, this will likely be a short-term rental.
The Jets have already shipped out Steve McLendon and Jordan Willis, and it wouldn’t be surprising to see things devolve into a full-blown fire sale in the next couple of days.
Probably a 5th?
And we get a 7th back
A 2022 5th. Not bad. Fills a need and they didn’t give up any draft capital for next year. Great move!
Woah, Spillane has been great in his first 2 games replacing Bush. But never can have to much depth
I thought this might make sense since Bush went down. Congratulations to williamson from going from last to first
Just a 5th?? Ugghhbi
And you give up a 7th
And both picks are in 2022. Douglas is playing the long game with this team.
Too long a game and with too small a return to impress Trevor Lawrence, who will
“Manning” his way to avoid being drafty the NYJ.
*drafted by.
You guys realize you are getting 1 pick? You get a 5 but send out a 7.
That’s about the net value of getting a 7th rounder altogether. Using the NFL reference guide, a late 5th rounder has a value of 29, while a high 7 has a value of 13. So the net value to the NYJs might be a late 6th, early 7th rounder.
ctyank7 Jets might not even want T Law. If GM Joe Douglas is going for a full reset on the roster which it looks like he is, they could just trade the top pick away for a haul rather then use it. Some team will surely want Lawrence bad enough.
If they trade down get fields and Seattle two picks plus another at least 3 1 rnd picks and all the cap room in the world with some teams already 20-30 over without the cap cut to come that can be a very good place to be for a good gm.
Only problem is how many “blue chip” players they have and outside of bekton don’t c one aside from Mosley who’s on his 2 chapter of career. Mayb Williams who’s looking better.
What? That was illegible!
trade down from first pick. trade darnold colts bucs… already traded Adam’s 2 1 rnders
Lots of picks Justin fields just as good potentially if u can turn those 5-6 1 rnders into something plus
Next years cap is going to be possibly 20-30 mil less and a few teams falcons saints are already way over trades are cheaper for premium players on big contracts and free agency will b different.
A good gm can clean up.
Great pickup for extra depth at a good price. Spillane has looked very good the past 2 games but I don’t know if that’s sustainable. Glad to have another option and more glad they didn’t sell the farm to get it.
By Avery
This is a trade that surprised no one.
0-8 to 7-0 lol
Guarantee themselves an 0-16.