Another plot twist in the wild Haason Reddick saga with the New York Jets.
ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter revealed on social media on Monday, October 14 that Reddick has hired Drew Rosenhaus and Ryan Matha as his new agent representatives.
They have already spoken with the Jets and plan on attending the Week 6 Monday Night Football game tonight against the Buffalo Bills.
"We look forward to working with the Jets to get this resolved as soon as possible," Rosenhaus told Schefter. "Haason would like to be a New York Jet for years to come and our goal is to make that happen."
The Jets originally traded for Reddick in a deal with the Philadephia Eagles back in late March. Everything was finalized as Reddick was being introduced on April 1.
Reddick was traded away because of his contract situation. He had one year remaining on a $45 million contract and was scheduled to make $14.25 million in 2024.
I say scheduled because Reddick has been fined $8 million and has lost $4.2 million in base salary lost from skipping the first five games of the season.
However, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport shared on Sunday, October 13 that earlier this season an end to the holdout was in sight. The Jets and Reddick's former agency, CAA, were close to hammering out a "strong" one-year contract offer.
According to Rapoport that new deal would have paid back his fines, allowed him to make more than he was scheduled to make, and would have let him become an unrestricted free agent in 2025.
Reddick must report by Week 13 of the 2024 season or his contract would toll to 2025. That would mean we'd do this same song-and-dance all over again. However the new conversations from his agents spark optimism that we won't reach that point.
This is a developing story and we'll provide new details as they become available.