Arizona Cardinals fans might have gotten excited at the possibility of the return of former first-round draft pick Haason Reddick when it was reported that Reddick was given permission by the Philadelphia Eagles to seek a trade.
That excitement can end because the Eagles did not trade Reddick to the Cardinals. They traded him to the New York Jets, who are now expected to sign him to a contract extension.
Per ESPN’s report by Adam Schefter, Reddick goes to the Jets for a 2025 conditional third-round pick. If he plays 67.5% of the Jets’ defensive snaps and has 10 or more sacks in 2024, that pick will become a second-rounder.
Those are marks he has reached in each of the last four seasons.
Reddick is entering the final year of a three-year, $45 million deal he signed with the Eagles in 2022.
He is due a $1 million roster bonus April 1, and the Eagles will reportedly pay that, meaning the Jets will be only on the hook for his $14.25 million salary in 2024.
There was never any report that the Cardinals were involved in any trade talks with the Eagles, so they might not have even entered the conversation.
However, considering the massive need the Cardinals appear to have at outside linebacker, acquiring a player with 50.5 sacks over the last four years would have made a lot of sense. Reddick had his best season in 2021, when Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon was his defensive coordinator and defensive coordinator Nick Rallis was his position coach.
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