{"id":145930,"date":"2025-06-20T21:55:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T21:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/145930\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T21:55:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T21:55:13","slug":"jets-predicted-to-trade-for-180-million-qb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/145930\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets Predicted to Trade for $180 Million QB"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jets Predicted to Trade for $180 Million QB <\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One of the biggest moves the New York Jets made this offseason was signing free-agent quarterback Justin Fields to a two-year, $40 million<\/a> contract to replace Aaron Rodgers. His addition has brought some hope.<\/p>\n

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Last year, he was solid\u00a0for the Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0in limited playing time, making six starts and 10 appearances, completing 106-of-161 passes for 1,106 yards, five touchdowns and one interception, as well as 289 rushing yards and five touchdowns.<\/p>\n

However, there’s a chance this Fields experiment doesn’t pan out, which is why Brad Gagnon predicts\u00a0<\/a>in an article for Bleacher Report\u00a0that the Jets will trade for Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins.<\/p>\n

“Any contender that loses its QB to an injury could be in on the 37-year-old, despite the high price tag,” Gagnon wrote. “Since it’s impossible to speculate on injuries, though, let’s instead throw out a Jets team that has a considerable amount of salary-cap space and could well give up on Justin Fields by November.\u00a0If the increasingly desperate Jets are competitive in spite of Fields at that stage, dealing for an established veteran from the NFC could make some sense.”<\/p>\n

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Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins\u00a9 Brett Davis-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Cousins is in an interesting position, as he was benched during the first season of his four-year, $180 million<\/a> contract with Atlanta to sit behind then-rookie Michael Penix Jr.<\/p>\n

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It wasn’t a surprising decision, though, as he struggled heavily, starting 14 games, completing 303-of-453 passes for 3,508 yards, 18 touchdowns, 16 interceptions (tied for most in the NFL) and an 88.6 passer rating.<\/p>\n

However, if Fields does truly disappoint, then Cousins would at least become an extremely experienced option. Cousins has seen a solid amount of success\u00a0in his 13-year career, making four Pro Bowl appearances.<\/p>\n

One of the biggest question marks surrounding a potential deal is whether he would waive his no-trade clause. He could do that to become a starter\u00a0once again\u00a0if his situation with the Falcons\u00a0doesn’t change.<\/p>\n

Related: Lions Predicted to Make Trade Deadline Move for Former 11.5-Sack Edge Rusher<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 20, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jets Predicted to Trade for $180 Million QB originally appeared on Athlon Sports. One of the biggest moves…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[1586,254,11140,7,226,493,294,1917,255,2321,2097,6,57,6746],"class_list":{"0":"post-145930","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-aaron-rodgers","9":"tag-atlanta-falcons","10":"tag-brad-gagnon","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-jets","13":"tag-justin-fields","14":"tag-kirk-cousins","15":"tag-new-york","16":"tag-new-york-jets","17":"tag-newyork","18":"tag-newyorkjets","19":"tag-nfl","20":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","21":"tag-rushing-yards"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114717925511412153","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}