Jets Make Bold Moves: Trading Gardner and Williams

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00:00Sauce Gardner traded away from the Jets to the Colts,

00:04and we've talked about what it means for Indianapolis, Joe,

00:06but we haven't talked about what the Jets did this past week,

00:09which was really surprising in not just trading Sauce Gardner,

00:12but also trading Quinnen Williams, who is now a Dallas Cowboy.

00:16It has set the Jets up draft-wise to be really, really aggressive.

00:23They have multiple first-round picks this coming draft.

00:26They have multiple first-round picks in 2027.

00:31This is a team who did a bit of a tear down here, Joe.

00:37What did you make of the Jets' approach this past deadline?

00:41I loved it.

00:41I mean, they solidified themselves for 2026,

00:44and I think that you have a player in Sauce that you can get value for, right?

00:49You ship him to a contender in Indy,

00:52and you get back and return the ability to all of a sudden revamp

00:59and get this team back on track for next year

01:01and make it a legitimate potential dog horse or wild card team.

01:06Yep.

01:07I mean, if they get the right quarterback,

01:10and we'll see exactly how Justin Fields performs today,

01:14and really get more offensive weapons,

01:18is because outside of Garrett Wilson, they really need another pure –

01:23was that Pitts?

01:24A pure number two.

01:26I think –

01:27That's Pitts for 25.

01:28All right, good.

01:29Good.

01:30Told you.

01:31Can we get him in the end zone, Kevin?

01:34Wow.

01:34All right.

01:35All right.

01:35Go ahead.

01:36So anyway, but I mean, outside of Garrett Wilson,

01:40Mason Taylor's good for a tight end,

01:43but you get another guy in the slot, a burner,

01:46and then all of a sudden now this offense looks good now.

01:49Brees Hall, is he half-checked out?

01:51Is he going to be excited to be there next year?

01:53I don't know.

01:54Right.

01:55He's driving a go-kart in the locker room.

01:57I mean, he's – you know.

01:58I didn't mind the go-kart.

02:00I know, but –

02:02I like the go-kart.

02:04I just feel like this team has pieces and young talent

02:11that if Aaron Glenn can get this team motivated next year

02:16and they get the right talent to fit his type of scheme,

02:19whatever that is, defensively –

02:22because, again, this defense is horrible.

02:24With Sauce, with Quinn and Williams,

02:26this defense hasn't lived up to any expectation.

02:30Right.

02:30And certainly did not look like the same defense that we saw

02:33what you call defense coordinator of the year,

02:36Robert Salah, and that team.

02:38Right?

02:38But let's be honest.

02:39No, yeah.

02:40The defense was the strength of that team, potentially.

02:43Yeah.

02:43Absolutely.

02:44And now I feel like the offense has better weapons

02:47than the defense does.

02:49Right.

02:49Listen, I think this is just such a bold move by the Jets,

02:56yet it was universal praise.

02:58Right?

02:59The question becomes, do they have the ability to see it out?

03:04And I worry that the answer to that is no.

03:07And what I mean is –

03:10again, I'll try and do a shortened version of this.

03:14The NBA, teams tank.

03:18They are bad intentionally multiple years in a row.

03:23In the NFL, that's not a thing.

03:25The teams that are bad multiple years in a row,

03:27it's because they're just poorly ran or they whiff on a quarterback.

03:31The Browns, the Jets, the Titans, these teams want to be in the playoffs.

03:36This year, they were wondering, maybe, possibly, could it be?

03:40That's why Flacco got the start.

03:42That's why the Titans paid through the nose to bring offensive linemen in.

03:46It's why Jets fans are still wondering, could Justin Fields be the guy?

03:50That's what they're hoping.

03:53Almost pits.

03:54Almost pits.

03:56Guys wide open.

03:58This Pinnock's guys wide open.

04:00Can we lead him?

04:01How much air are we going to get over the ball?

04:04What are you throwing in?

04:04Nerf?

04:05What's he doing?

04:07Guys wide open.

04:08Separation.

04:09Look at that.

04:09Get it there.

04:10So, for the Jets to move on from Quinn and move on from Sauce, it's a reset.

04:17Yes.

04:17But here's my problem.

04:20We're going to go into next season, and the Jets are like, listen, man.

04:24Year two, Aaron Glenn.

04:25We're going to build on last year.

04:27We're looking to make the playoffs this year.

04:29No.

04:30No, man.

04:31Okay.

04:32Bad.

04:33This year.

04:34Next year.

04:35Maybe the year after that.

04:36We'll talk in 2028.

04:37Well, I mean, with free agency and the ability to get a quarterback and a plug-and-play type

04:43of guy, I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility they can't be next year with

04:49the right talent, a 9-8 football team.

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