The New York Jets are closer than ever to getting their new pass rusher Haason Reddick to end his lead and join the team for the first time.
Reddick has hired agents Drew Rosenhaus and Ryan Matha after his previous agency, CAA, dropped him last week. In a statement to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Rosenhaus said the immediate goal is to get this situation between Reddick and the Jets resolved.
“We look forward to working with the Jets to resolve this as quickly as possible,” Rosenhaus said. “Haason wants to be a New York Jet for years to come and our goal is to make that happen.”
This is one of the strangest sagas of recent years. Reddick, 30, spent the past two seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles (he was part of the 2022 team that went all the way to the Super Bowl), but entered the 2024 offseason looking for a contract extension. The Eagles were reportedly not interested and allowed him to seek an appeal.
Reddick and his agents at CAA found an opportunity with the Jets. The Eagles traded Reddick to the Jets in late March for a conditional third-round pick in 2026.
The trouble started two months later, when Reddick was expected to attend OTAs but didn’t show up. That raised a number of red flags, but alarm bells only started sounding when Reddick didn’t show up for the mandatory mini-camp. Reddick reportedly wanted an extension, which is the same thing he wanted before the Jets traded for him. Reddick’s hold lasted throughout training camp and is still in effect through Week 6.
There was very little movement on the Reddick front until last week, when Schefter reported that CAA had “parted ways” with Reddick and dropped him as a client. No reason was given, but within a few days it was reported that Reddick and the Jets had a one-year deal fully ready to be signed – an agreement that would have allowed Reddick to recoup any fines he owed and would have given him the opportunity to make more money than in his previous deal, but he refused to sign it.
