‘Some Progress’ In Contract Talks Between Jets & DE Haason Reddick

According to Rich Cimini, a source says there has been some progress in contract talks between the Jets and DE Haason Reddick.

Cimini notes the Jets are not practicing today, which gives the two sides a potential opening to try and get Reddick back on the field. 

Reddick has been holding out of training camp in search of a new deal or a raise on his current deal, which is set to pay him $14.25 million in base salary. Top pass rushers right now are making about double that in average annual salary. 

Reddick is subject to fines of $50,000 per every day of camp that he misses. He already forfeited a $250,000 workout bonus from skipping OTAs and more than $100,000 in fines for missing mandatory minicamp.

Reddick, 29, is a former first-round pick of the Cardinals out of Temple back in 2017. He was entering the final year of his four-year, $13.47 million fully guaranteed contract when the Cardinals opted to decline his fifth-year option worth $10,089,000 for the 2021 season.

Reddick was testing the open market as an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his NFL career when he signed a one-year deal with the Panthers worth up to $8 million. Philadelphia then signed him to a three-year, $45 million deal in March of 2021.

The Eagles then traded Reddick to the Jets in the final year of that deal for a conditional third-round pick. 

In 2023, Reddick appeared in all 17 games and recorded 38 total tackles, 13 tackles for loss, 11 sacks and one pass deflection. 

We’ll have more on the Jets and Reddick as the news is available.