Jets edge rusher Haason Reddick reportedly dropped by agency amid holdout

Another furniture successful the Haason Reddick holdout recovered its mode into the quality connected Thursday night.

Reddick’s cause astatine Creative Artists Agency person parted ways with the borderline rusher amid a declaration holdout from the Jets dating backmost to the spring, according to ESPN.

In March, the Jets acquired Reddick successful a commercialized with the Eagles, hoping helium could amended the team’s walk unreserved aft they mislaid Bryce Huff to Philadelphia successful escaped agency. Reddick’s 50.5 sacks from 2020-23 was 4th during that span.

The two-time Pro Bowler is successful the last twelvemonth of a three-year, $45 cardinal declaration helium signed successful 2022. The Jets traded for Reddick without a declaration successful spot successful bully faith, hoping the 2 sides could negociate a declaration erstwhile helium arrived and integrated with the organization.

The Jets did connection Reddick a declaration extension, according to sources, which would person been a rise from the $14.25 cardinal helium was scheduled to person successful 2024. But the 30-year-old declined the offer.

Instead of showing up for the Jets outpouring program, Reddick stayed away, hoping that the Jets had a alteration of bosom and gave him the declaration helium sought. But that hasn’t happened to this point.

The Jets told Reddick, they would not negociate a caller declaration with immoderate subordinate unless helium showed up to their installation successful Florham Park, according to sources.

Because helium didn’t person a caller contract, Reddick missed mandatory minicamp and decided not to be Jets grooming campy successful July. He past requested a trade a period later, but Jets wide manager Joe Douglas denied his request.

With Reddick’s holdout heading into Week 6, helium has forfeited implicit $5 cardinal successful NFL-mandated fines and mislaid much than $4 cardinal in-game checks.

With nary extremity successful sight, Jets proprietor Woody Johnson precocious pleaded with Reddick to amusement up.

“I anticipation that the young antheral tin travel to the team, we would similar to person Haason here, we invited him with unfastened arms,” Johnson said connected Tuesday to the media. “When helium gets present helium volition find a precise invited locker country and helium volition beryllium capable to acceptable close in, but helium has got to get present first.

“So Haason, get successful your car, thrust down I-95 and travel to the New York Jets. We tin conscionable you and springiness you an escort close successful the gathering and you volition acceptable close successful and you are going to emotion it present and you are going to consciousness invited and you are going to execute large things with us.”