Haason Reddick's holdout is over.
Nearly seven months after his trade from Philadelphia, the pass rusher has agreed to a reworked contract with the New York Jets, ending a protracted standoff with his new team, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Sunday morning.
The result for Reddick is an adjusted short-term deal, not a long-term contract as he'd sought. Rapoport reported Reddick and his representation will continue to seek a multi-year solution.
"Our goal is to continue to work towards a long-term extension with the Jets," agent Drew Rosenhaus, who was hired by Reddick on Monday after the pass rusher was fired by his previous representation, told Rapoport.
Reddick will report to the Jets on Monday morning following their Sunday Night Football showdown in Pittsburgh.
Thus ends one of the stranger holdouts in recent memory -- not with a bang, but with a whimper.
The Jets acquired Reddick via trade from the Eagles on March 29. The now 30-year-old edge rusher was coming off his second straight Pro Bowl campaign and his fourth straight season with at least 11 sacks. In the final year of his deal in 2024, he was set to make $14.5 million, barely in the top 20 for pass rushers in terms of average annual value.
After Reddick didn't show up to mandatory minicamp in June and then skipped the start of training camp in July in search of a long-term extension with New York, he requested a trade on Aug. 12. Jets general manager Joe Douglas, who had parted with a 2026 conditional third-round pick for Reddick's services, refused to deal the disgruntled DE.
The impasse dragged on into the season. Despite urgings from then-coach Robert Saleh and owner Woody Johnson and then a season-ending injury to pass rusher Jermaine Johnson II, Reddick never showed up to the Jets' facility, all the while racking up millions in fines.
One day after Rapoport reported that Reddick had declined a reworked one-year deal amid his holdout that would have made him whole, the pass rusher's agency, CAA, dropped him. In stepped agents Rosenhaus and Ryan Matha, who reignited talks with Jets brass this week and were permitted by New York to reach out to teams to gauge trade interest.
In the end, the two sides came to an understanding that likely satisfies few. Reddick didn't get the long-term extension he desired, and the Jets lost seven games of production from a piece they were counting on.
Reddick will join a Jets team in major flux. The 2-4 outfit in the past two weeks have fired their head coach, traded for an All-Pro caliber wide receiver, reportedly put one of their own wideouts on the trade block and now ended the NFL's final holdout with one of its best pass rushers.
The Jets, led by Johnson, Douglas and now interim coach Jeff Ulbrich, are all in on breaking American sports' longest playoff drought at 14 years this season, and bringing Reddick back into the fold is a major part of that.
Reddick should slot in as a starter across from Will McDonald IV on the defensive line and help anchor a front seven led by C.J. Mosley and Quinnen Williams. Through six games, the Jets defense ranks seventh in points allowed, second in total yards allowed and are top-six in sacks (20) and QB pressure percentage (28.9).
The addition of the two-time Pro Bowl pass rusher can only help in those regards, starting (finally) in Week 8 against the Patriots.
