Franklin-Myers traded to broncos for 2026 6th Rounder

[TheNuuFaaolaExperience]

I'm over it already. He isn't a good value at his current contract and that is evident by the lack of trade partners. 

[jetsons]

20 minutes ago, extmenace said:

 

He's back w/ Zach  

[slats]

18 minutes ago, Barry McCockinner said:

@slats

Wow, really. 

[UntouchableCrew]

He was overpaid relative to recent performance but they dumped him for basically nothing. I dunno about that.

[neckdemon]

18 minutes ago, Bleedin Green said:

So absolutely no meaningful value in return.  Seems mostly like a desperate attempt to force last year's pick not to look as awful as it actually was.

he was gonna be cut, it was basically getting anything at all back to dump the salary

[slimjasi]

Salary dump. They clearly believe in Clemons/McDonald 

he was a good player for us, but hella overpaid 

I wish him well 

[slats]

2 minutes ago, neckdemon said:

he was gonna be cut, it was basically getting anything at all back to dump the salary

He had $3M left in guaranteed money, so with the trade the Jets save that on top of what they would’ve saved had they just cut him. Moving on from JFM was probably in their plans when they made the McDonald pick. So now they’ve essentially swapped out JFM and Huff for Reddick and McDonald, and saved a bunch of money in the process (before they extend Reddick, maybe). 

[KRL]

Another aspect of this trade is Douglas has quite a few players
coming up with potential extensions.  Is he preparing to learn from
the Huff situation and lock up players early?

- Gardner
- Wilson
- Carter
- Reed 
- Johnson
- Hall

[Beerfish]

Can't wait for the hoard of people who loved this gross underachiever to now spin this as a great shrewd move by the jets.

[static14]

He seems like a very good dude, but this makes sense with his salary being what it is (sadly).

[Jdeet]

He was getting cut. Any comp is better than nothing. 

[DonCorleone]

This is a parting gift from JD.

[TuscanyTile2]

7 minutes ago, KRL said:

Another aspect of this trade is Douglas has quite a few players
coming up with potential extensions.  Is he preparing to learn from
the Huff situation and lock up players early?

- Gardner
- Wilson
- Carter
- Reed 
- Johnson
- Hall

Let's hope so.  Not sure what's going on with DJ Reed.

[extmenace]

I’m assuming we weren’t willing to keep him on these new terms?

[The Crusher]

Nothing more than a TY for taking Zach off our hands. Wow, has any team taken a bigger beating  for  drafting a terrible QB? Three years of purgatory, paying 100+ million for an old guy to replace him and a pretty solid D lineman? Thank you Joe Douglas, TY? 

[BigRy56]

10 minutes ago, KRL said:

Another aspect of this trade is Douglas has quite a few players
coming up with potential extensions.  Is he preparing to learn from
the Huff situation and lock up players early?

- Gardner
- Wilson
- Carter
- Reed 
- Johnson
- Hall

I hope so. There’s really no purpose to trading him unless we’re going to repurpose the cap space. So JD definitely has something up his sleeve - he didn’t do this for fun

[Sperm Edwards]

18 minutes ago, neckdemon said:

he was gonna be cut, it was basically getting anything at all back to dump the salary

Took until the middle of page 2 for someone to state the obvious: they were going to cut him anyway. They held onto him this long to see what's the most they could get for him. Just like with Zach.

It seems clear to me that they previously approached him about a pay cut, which is when he started xtwittering about his value some weeks back (when they acquired Reddick), and it's quite clear he refused.

Not so easy to get someone to take him at that pay, and the only way it was happening is to leave JFM still cuttable this year (by his new team). Trading away such a low-value pick like a 6th rounder two years from now means they can put a squeeze on him & still release him in late August if he refuses a pay cut with them, too. Possible Denver just pays it, but they're still in a position to release him at the end of August, and there won't be a line of teams pushing each other out of the way to pay JFM $14-15MM each of the upcoming two seasons.

Saves $14MM, which just wasn't necessary with their current wealth of DL talent.

 

****edit: looks like they already got him to take a pay cut. Again, no way anyone was keeping him at that rate, but that's the rate he was due while the Jets were trying to trade him.

[PS17]

Personal Foul, unnecessary roughness, number 91 of the defense

byeeeeeeeeeeeee

[kdels62]

Good player but he was definitely asked to take a pay cut and wasn’t willing. Bad value but cap space is important the next few years.

[nycdan]

Would have liked to swap him for Sutton but oh well.

[playtowinthegame]

58 minutes ago, Rhg1084 said:

Jets are brining in another WR probablyl

Yep, gotta make room for Brandon Aiyuk.

[Dcronin]

1 hour ago, neckdemon said:

a 6th in 2 years.....lol

Absolutely unfathomable. By far the worst thing that happened in this draft. This guy is good, gets pressures. A 6th round pick??? In 2026? There is literally no one on the planet who can explain this.

[Sperm Edwards]

Just now, Dcronin said:

Absolutely unfathomable. By far the worst thing that happened in this draft. This guy is good, gets pressures. A 6th round pick??? In 2026? There is literally no one on the planet who can explain this.

It was explained above, by two of this planet's inhabitants  

[neckdemon]

3 minutes ago, Dcronin said:

Absolutely unfathomable. By far the worst thing that happened in this draft. This guy is good, gets pressures. A 6th round pick??? In 2026? There is literally no one on the planet who can explain this.

i just thought it was funny that the pick is 2 years from now. JFM was being cut because he wouldnt take a paycut. 

[TheNuuFaaolaExperience]

7 minutes ago, Dcronin said:

Absolutely unfathomable. By far the worst thing that happened in this draft. This guy is good, gets pressures. A 6th round pick??? In 2026? There is literally no one on the planet who can explain this.

The alternative was cutting him and not getting anything in return. 

 

Also, 

[jetstream23]

1 hour ago, neckdemon said:

a 6th in 2 years.....lol

Yes. According to the draft value chart that is the equivalent of a current year 9th round pick.

[hawk]

This was about as much as a surprise as the sun coming up or my wife bitching at me for following the Jets.

[JOJOTOWNSELL]

We sign JFM and let Huff walk 

 

lol

[jetstream23]

12 minutes ago, Dcronin said:

Absolutely unfathomable. By far the worst thing that happened in this draft. This guy is good, gets pressures. A 6th round pick??? In 2026? There is literally no one on the planet who can explain this.

 

At least there will be less laundry on the field at Met Life from late hitting the quarterback.

[T0mShane]

There’s your Bakhtiari money. 

[nj meadowlands]

Just now, T0mShane said:

There’s your Bakhtiari money. 

If the Jets give Bakhtiari $7 million I'll poo

[ARodJetsFan]

This is the cherry on top, of a completely sh!t day.

[jetstream23]

Geezus!

[T0mShane]

My bad. Please merge or delete

[extmenace]

1 hour ago, Beerfish said:

Can't wait for the hoard of people who loved this gross underachiever to now spin this as a great shrewd move by the jets.

It’s a football move. Every year on every team average starters get signed, some get cut, some get traded. With the other players on the roster, the cap space was worth more than his production. Nothing to see here…