Jets Turning Away Teams Looking to Make Deal for Bryce Huff

[JetNation]

As expected, NFL clubs are reportedly picking up the phone to check the availability of Jets edge rusher Bryce Huff. And as Jets fans would hope, Gang Green doesn’t appear to be interested.

Source: #Jets have received called inquiring about DE Bryce Huff and they’ve turned them away. pic.twitter.com/qaqky3nDzI

— uSTADIUM App (@uSTADIUM) August 29, 2023

This, according to the folks at uStadium.  While the Jets have plenty of depth on the edge, the status of Carl Lawson is unclear at the moment.  Lawson was said to be nursing a minor injury several weeks ago.  However, he has been invisible since that time.  He has not played in a game or even taken part in any light practices.

There is a significant injury history with Lawson.  That of course increases Huff’s value for the Jets who employ heavy a heavy rotation on the defensive line.

NFL insider Jeremy Fowler suggests the Jets may be considering the potential of a compensatory pick should Huff sign elsewhere next offseason.

Part of logic here: Huff could do well in free agency, which would set up Jets with a good compensatory pick, potentially. https://t.co/Krl08qVcoN

— Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) August 29, 2023

In a perfect world, the Jets would get their valuable defender signed to a long-term deal and let teams look elsewhere for edge help.

With Huff, Jermaine Johnson, rookie Will McDonald, John Franklin-Myers and Michael Clemons on board, getting some calls was inevitable.

 

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[The Crusher]

Only a team not serious about contending would trade a guy like Huff right now. Plus, Josh Allen is going to need some Depends Monday night because he gonna crap himself when he sees him lined up. 

[ASH1962]

Have to sign Huff long term, he is that good

[drsamuel84]

He's going to be Carl Lawson's replacement next year.

[RoadFan]

6 minutes ago, The Crusher said:

Only a team not serious about contending would trade a guy like Huff right now. Plus, Josh Allen is going to need some Depends Monday night because he gonna crap himself when he sees him lined up. 

Agree, except it won’t be Josh Allen.  I don’t imagine that guy is scared of anything.
 

The Bills RT with a bad back… yeah… he is f***ed. 

[Jetsfan80]

He's more valuable to us, even for just 1 more season in all likelihood, than the likely compensation we could have gotten.  Given that no one bit when he had a 2nd round tender on him I imagine the deals offered were no better than a 3rd rounder.

[Augustiniak]

4 minutes ago, drsamuel84 said:

He's going to be Carl Lawson's replacement next year.

Bingo

[Bobby816]

Unless it's an offer we cant refuse he needs to be a Jet and signed actually long term ideally.

[Barry McCockinner]

When the opposing GMs have their secretary fetch the response to their trade proposals.

[rangerous]

With Lawson currently out it would be foolish to trade huff.  Plus if he goes in free agency then he’ll probably garner a third round pick.  Are teams going to offer up much more?

[bla bla bla]

Definitely hold onto Huff through this season then snag a comp 3rd round pick when we have no cap to pay Free Agents!

[The Crusher]

6 minutes ago, RoadFan said:

Agree, except it won’t be Josh Allen.  I don’t imagine that guy is scared of anything.
 

The Bills RT with a bad back… yeah… he is f***ed. 

Not sure, that hit last year kind of started Buffalo's season circling the drain. I think he wi9ll at least remember him. 

[OtherwiseHappyinLife]

Teams had their chance this off-season.

25 year old (still improving) Huff for a second round 2023 pick.  Fastest get off in the league, very good speed to power, pretty good bend, slippery with an arsenal of moves.

The cost is no lower now after posting the 2nd most sacks this preseason (3.5 sacks in 4 partial games against both starters & mostly 2nd teamers).  Man against boys in some cases.

Starting to stack higher performance levels.

- Last year, his pressure rate skyrocketed to tops in the league.

- He started making some big plays (eg, Bills, Patriots) that led to turnovers (fumble, int).

- Now, he’s converting pressures into sacks in a vanilla defense (harder) against weaker competition (easier).

From the Jets perspective, he can help them win big this year and net a potential 3rd rounder in 2025’s draft.

The Jets would be crazy to get rid of him for a second round pick in 2024.  That’s basically worth a 3rd rounder in 2023 in today’s dollars .. lower than the second round 2023 tender the Jets valued him at.  His value to the Jets has only gone up.

The only way a deal happens is if Lawson is on the verge of health AND a team is willing to give the Jets a 2nd round pick plus a 4th next year.

[GreenFish]

I’m going to need two first rounders and a starting LT or I’m hanging up.

[faba]

For ateam looking to improve pass rush this would be the stupidest move yet

[pointman]

57 minutes ago, The Crusher said:

Only a team not serious about contending would trade a guy like Huff right now. Plus, Josh Allen is going to need some Depends Monday night because he gonna crap himself when he sees him lined up. 

One step closer to having Allen realize his potential as a draft bust. I haven't given up.

[varjet]

For whatever reason, the Jets have decided that Huff is not in their long-term future and has drafted two DEs in the first round in the last two drafts, one of which is basically a lighter version of Huff.  Paying Huff a premium salary does not appear to be in the Jets plans.  They will let him play motivated this year and move on for a likely 3rd round 2025 compensatory pick.

Maybe there is a team that would give the Jets a second round pick in the 2024 draft now.   That would be better value.  But the Jets are competing this year.  To let Huff go for a prospective draft pick and have Huff and/or Lawson and/or JJII get injured would make everyone look bad.  The Jets will keep Huff this season and hope the other players step up next season. 

[bitonti]

1 hour ago, Jetsfan80 said:

He's more valuable to us, even for just 1 more season in all likelihood, than the likely compensation we could have gotten.  Given that no one bit when he had a 2nd round tender on him I imagine the deals offered were no better than a 3rd rounder.

true - no one bit on the RFA tender why would they trade him for a conditional 3rd or whatever? 

maybe teams are offering their OL depth or a player? Because I can't imagine JD is interested in trading Huff for picks 

[bitonti]

14 minutes ago, varjet said:

For whatever reason, the Jets have decided that Huff is not in their long-term future and has drafted two DEs in the first round in the last two drafts, one of which is basically a lighter version of Huff.  Paying Huff a premium salary does not appear to be in the Jets plans.  They will let him play motivated this year and move on for a likely 3rd round 2025 compensatory pick.

Maybe there is a team that would give the Jets a second round pick in the 2024 draft now.   That would be better value.  But the Jets are competing this year.  To let Huff go for a prospective draft pick and have Huff and/or Lawson and/or JJII get injured would make everyone look bad.  The Jets will keep Huff this season and hope the other players step up next season. 

this is all true but there's also room on Saleh's defense for IV, JJ and Huff, especially with Carl Lawson basically one and done and Clemons likely moving inside more 

[EM31]

Not a fan of trading Huff by any means but man it would be good to have some real clarity on Lawson

[jgb]

1 hour ago, The Crusher said:

Only a team not serious about contending would trade a guy like Huff right now. Plus, Josh Allen is going to need some Depends Monday night because he gonna crap himself when he sees him lined up. 

If McDonald can self-create off the edge, QBs going to have nowhere to run or hide 

[jgb]

27 minutes ago, pointman said:

One step closer to having Allen realize his potential as a draft bust. I haven't given up.

No one is ever wrong on the internet. They just go into hibernation hoping for conditions to improve.

[Jack Straw]

1 hour ago, bla bla bla said:

Definitely hold onto Huff through this season then snag a comp 3rd round pick when we have no cap to pay Free Agents!

Where are you getting the idea that the Jets won't have cap space?

[rbstern]

The only trades I would consider for Huff would be a #1 pick in 2024, or a premium #2 WR on a reasonable contract, or a premium starting safety, and either of those two guys would have to have highest possible character references, as "team first" guys.

Even those lofty offers would still cause me to pause before pulling the trigger.

Huff is a young, developed-yet-still-below-ceiling, talented player, at a premium position.  In other words, he's gold.

[RedBeardedSavage]

1 hour ago, Jetsfan80 said:

He's more valuable to us, even for just 1 more season in all likelihood, than the likely compensation we could have gotten.  Given that no one bit when he had a 2nd round tender on him I imagine the deals offered were no better than a 3rd rounder.

Agree.

At the start of camp I figured he'd be traded, but with the Lawson injury, the emergence of Becton, and the all-in mentality here, we might as well keep him for this season. 

[Smashmouth]

agree, but in terms of what we had running this organization in the past where leaks were almost daily these guys keep sh*t buttoned up pretty good so as fans we don't get as much info. but it helps the team in the long run.

[Smashmouth]

10 minutes ago, Jack Straw said:

Where are you getting the idea that the Jets won't have cap space?

As many good young players as we currently have in about 2-3 years we will have some issues ... not to say JD can't handle that situation but it wont be a slam dunk on contracts like it seems to be now.

[The Crusher]

43 minutes ago, pointman said:

One step closer to having Allen realize his potential as a draft bust. I haven't given up.

beAst rUnnIng bAck oN teh biLls

 

@Jetsfan80

[Jack Straw]

1 minute ago, Smashmouth said:

As many good young players as we currently have in about 2-3 years we will have some issues ... not to say JD can't handle that situation but it wont be a slam dunk on contracts like it seems to be now.

The Jets have 58 players under contract in 2024 and have $16 million in cap space available.

In 2025, they have 46 players under contract and have $120 million in space available.

The cap is not an issue.

[bla bla bla]

33 minutes ago, Jack Straw said:

Where are you getting the idea that the Jets won't have cap space?

More-so depends on how we handle our OT situation, we won't have any starters under contract. Assuming we don't make any more moves we'd be rolling into 2024 with $36m in cap space. 

Franchise Tag for Becton is $23m. Assuming Bakhtiari is released ($40m cap hit in 2024 for Packers) then some money could go to sign him.

Neither one of those signings would count against us for the comp pick formula meaning we'd net a comp for Huff.

[Jetsfan80]

46 minutes ago, RedBeardedSavage said:

Agree.

At the start of camp I figured he'd be traded, but with the Lawson injury, the emergence of Becton, and the all-in mentality here, we might as well keep him for this season. 

Yep.  1 year of Huff + 3rd round compensatory pick potential in 2025 >>>> 3rd rounder in 2024 (or equivalent valued player we'd receive).

And there's still of course a chance we extend him anyways.

[JoeNamathsFurCoat]

Wondering if the Cards will dump James Conner to a contender

[EM31]

DE is not currently a position of extreme need for this team.  Huff is potentially a premium player at ac premium position coming into his best years.  If another team were able to offer like for like at a position of extreme need for us then we need to look at it.

[Vudu]

As they should we need him

[Bleedin Green]

For a team very much looking to win this year the only reason they would have to consider trading Huff is if the offer included an immediate contributor at a greater position of need.

A future year's draft pick would be totally pointless, as they could just keep him around for the season and still get themselves a comp pick in return.

I know a few here have expressed interest in extending Huff a few times, but I think the JJ and McDonald picks will make that extremely difficult to pull off.  Even if the Jets were to be interested in keeping him around despite that, odds are high he'd have a better earning potential elsewhere that might not see him competing with a couple of guys the team already dumped a lot of assets into.