The New York Jets put their consideration firmly on the defensive sort out place Wednesday, buying and selling with the Cleveland Browns for one participant then reportedly hanging a cope with the Minnesota Vikings for an additional.
First, the Jets acquired second-year defensive sort out Jowon Briggs from the Browns in change for a sixth-round choose within the 2026 NFL Draft. New York additionally obtained a seventh-round choose in 2026 that originally belonged to the Buffalo Payments.
The Briggs commerce was formally introduced.
Then the Jets picked up Harrison Phillips and a 2027 seventh-round draft choose from the Vikings, in keeping with a number of media stories. Minnesota obtained sixth-round alternatives in every of the following two drafts.
In response to ESPN, New York will probably be on the hook for simply half of the $7.4 million that Phillips will make this 12 months.
Briggs, who turns 24 on Sept. 1, appeared in six video games as a rookie in 2024 and made 13 tackles, together with one for loss, and two quarterback hits. He additionally recovered one fumble. He spent a lot of the season on the follow squad.
The Browns chosen Briggs within the seventh spherical of the 2024 draft out of Cincinnati.
Phillips, 29, began all 17 video games for the Vikings in every of the previous three seasons. In that span, he logged a complete of 6.5 sacks, 207 tackles (seven for loss), one pressured fumble, two fumble recoveries and 7 handed defensed.
A 3rd-round choose of the Payments in 2018, Phillips appeared in 45 video games (11 begins) with Buffalo over 4 seasons.
In his NFL profession, he has eight sacks, 314 tackles (15 for loss), one pressured fumble, 5 fumble recoveries and 10 passes defensed.
–Discipline Degree Media
