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Wild trade pitch sees Los Angeles Chargers QB Justin Herbert to New York to the Jets in blockbuster trade if losses continue piling up.<\/p>\n
The Los Angeles Chargers<\/a> can only lean on the \u201cit\u2019s still early September\u201d excuse for so long before the panic starts leaking into the 0-3 reality. Before long, opposing front offices are going to start circling like vultures, looking to peck away at their best pieces.<\/p>\n The Justin Herbert<\/a> trade rumors are only pouring gasoline on the fire. Even in a vacuum, the latest hypothetical sends Herbert packing to the New York Jets<\/a> in a blockbuster deal\u2014and surprisingly, the framework makes a loud enough argument to make you wonder if where there\u2019s smoke, there\u2019s fire.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s absolutely on the board that the Jets have three Top 12 picks,\u201d Nick Wright explains on his show What\u2019s Wright?<\/a> \u201cTheir own first-round pick. The Colts<\/a>\u2018 first-round pick from the Sauce Gardner trade. And they get to pick Dallas\u2019s<\/a> first or Green Bay\u2019s first, which Green Bay owes Dallas for Micah. Do I expect at least two of those three teams to be really bad?<\/p>\n \u201cYes. If this Chargers<\/a>\u2018 year goes terrible, if the Jets call up the Chargers and say, \u2018We will give you, not future picks, three picks you can use right now.\u2019 And if you\u2019re the Jets, you\u2019re not like, \u2018Hey, we\u2019re not crippling our ability to compete with Herbert in the future because we\u2019re not trading any future year\u2019s draft picks.’\u201d<\/p>\n Justin Herbert to Jets Makes Sense\u2026 For Chargers<\/p>\n \n On paper, it even makes sense for the Chargers to trade Herbert. They will need to, realistically, too, if Jim Harbaugh wants to continue holding onto Mike McDaniel. It\u2019s still just three games in the season, so really too early to tell anything, but if the entire offense works under McDaniels\u2019s schemes later in the season and Herbert is still not able to catch up, Harbaugh will have no choice but to trade him. At a time like that, the Jets will perhaps have the most irresistible offer. Two or three of their Top 12 picks.<\/p>\n Without Herbert, Harbaugh will undoubtedly go out shopping for their next franchise QB in the 2027 NFL<\/a> Draft. Be it Arch Manning or Trinidad Chambliss, Harbaugh will have a shot at replacing Herbert with a rookie quarterback who actually understands and fits under McDaniel\u2019s offense.<\/p>\n As for the Jets, bringing in Herbert would completely electrify their franchise, at least on paper. Despite his early struggles in 2026, there\u2019s no doubt about Herbert\u2019s tier-one arm talent. The Jets get a 28-year-old franchise quarterback who\u2019s already proven he can throw for 4,000+ yards with minimal support, to play for them for at least the next six to ten years.<\/p>\n The Jets and Chargers can pull off the blockbuster trade, on just one condition.<\/p>\n The biggest caveat in the whole situation.<\/p>\n Justin Herbert Can Simply Say No<\/p>\n \n When the Chargers signed Justin Herbert to a five-year, $262.5 million contract extension in 2023, his contract gave Herbert one specific clause that prevents Los Angeles from disposing of him after a few bad games.<\/p>\n NFL Insider Tom Pelissero recently brought attention back to one particular clause of the contract that had somehow gotten lost in the trade noise: the no-trade clause.<\/a><\/p>\n Pelissero added that Herbert has a no-trade clause, meaning he could turn down any potential deal if Los Angeles wanted to trade him.<\/p>\n He also added that \u201cThe Chargers have no plans anytime soon to trade quarterback Justin Herbert\u201d in the same line.<\/p>\n But that was when the Chargers were a two-loss team. They\u2019re a three-loss team now, and if they fail to bring their first win of the season this weekend, they will become a four-loss team.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tPankti Parmar<\/a> Pankti Parmar is a Heavy Contributor. Specializing in college football and the NFL, her reporting work includes extensive coverage for The Sporting News, FanSided’s Ole Hotty Toddy, Fly War Eagle, and Glory Colorado, Notre Dame On SI, Roundtable Sports, Pro Football and Sports Network, and more. 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GettyLos Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert\n<\/p>\n![\"Arizona](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/arizona-cardinals-v-los-angeles-chargers-inglewood-california-september-13-justin.jpg\")
GettyJustin Herbert\u2019s no-trade clause\n<\/p>\n