{"id":771108,"date":"2026-02-23T13:34:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/771108\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T13:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:34:15","slug":"new-york-jets-news-should-the-jets-trade-for-qb-mac-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/771108\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Jets News: Should the Jets trade for QB Mac Jones?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Good morning Gang Green Nation! The New York metropolitan area is in the tail end of the Blizzard of \u201826. Heavy snow and howling winds make things treacherous out there. Hopefully you are all safe and warm as you ride out the storm. For the Jets the storm never seems to end, but someday things will change. With luck the turnaround starts in just a few weeks with a ton of cap space and four draft picks in the top 44 of the 2026 NFL draft. Fingers crossed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Here are your links to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ganggreennation.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York Jets;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New York Jets<\/a> this snowy Monday in February:<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/overthecap.com\/nfl-free-agent-spending-2020-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jason Fitzgerald;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jason Fitzgerald<\/a> \u2013 NFL Free Agent Spending 2020-2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sny.tv\/articles\/jets-nfl-combine-preview-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Connor Hughes;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Connor Hughes<\/a> \u2013 Jets 2026 NFL Combine Preview: Which prospects should be on team\u2019s radar?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jetswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/jets\/2026\/02\/22\/2026-nfl-draft-mock-new-pick-new-york-jets-david-bailey-makai-lemon\/88808622007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:USA Today;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">USA Today<\/a> \u2013 2026 NFL draft: NFL.com mock has new pick for Jets at No. 2 overall<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jetswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/jets\/2026\/02\/22\/should-the-new-york-jets-trade-for-qb-mac-jones-this-offseason\/88777748007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Justin Melo;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Justin Melo<\/a> \u2013 Should the New York Jets trade for QB Mac Jones this offseason?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.profootballrumors.com\/new-york-jets-rumors-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Adam La Rose;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Adam La Rose<\/a> \u2013 Jets Undecided On RB Breece Hall; Transition Tag Could Be In Play?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/new-york-jets\/news\/jets-trade-idea-230-million-5-foot-10-qb-trio-draft-picks\/fcec3f8999820a653385c959\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Matt Sullivan;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Matt Sullivan<\/a> \u2013 Jets trade idea acquires $230 million 5-foot-10 QB for trio of draft picks<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/new-york-jets\/news\/breece-hall-gets-11-million-contract-update\/1fe456272bae74201d6dbbb5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Drew Bishop;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Drew Bishop<\/a> \u2013 Jets\u2019 Breece Hall gets $11 million contract update<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/new-york-jets\/news\/jets-could-land-best-prospect-2026-nfl-draft-second-overall\/ff324dd0bd2326b149f52720\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Matt Sullivan;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Matt Sullivan<\/a> \u2013 How Jets could land best prospect in 2026 NFL Draft at second overall<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/new-york-jets\/news\/jets-reportedly-must-spend-50-million-meet-cba-requirement\/bc09db7bdcfd05ca04d82860\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Matt Sullivan;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Matt Sullivan<\/a> \u2013 Jets reportedly must spend $50 million this offseason to meet CBA requirement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/new-york-jets\/news\/jets-get-bad-news-execs-trade-raiders-2026-nfl-draft\/bc9a12dc4c5d948ad5b25e69\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Matt Sullivan;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Matt Sullivan<\/a> \u2013 Jets get bad news from execs on trade up with Raiders in 2026 NFL Draft<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/new-york-jets\/news\/jets-jaguars-measuring-stick-breece-hall-travis-etienne-extensions\/00806c6d41670357fcafc458\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mike Moraitis;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mike Moraitis<\/a> \u2013 Jets, Jaguars now have measuring stick for Breece Hall, Travis Etienne extensions<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/2026\/02\/21\/nfl-combine-preview-who-should-jets-fans-get-familiar-with\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Glenn Naughton;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Glenn Naughton<\/a> \u2013 NFL Combine Preview; Who Should Jets Fans get Familiar With?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thejetpress.com\/latest-alijah-vera-tucker-contract-projection-feels-laughably-low-jets-01kj0nh59dta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Charlie Baduini;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Charlie Baduini<\/a> \u2013 Latest Alijah Vera-Tucker contract projection feels laughably low for the Jets<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thejetpress.com\/jets-mock-draft-wheeling-dealing-throughout-first-round-01khy0mmh29b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Charlie Baduini;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Charlie Baduini<\/a> \u2013 Jets mock draft has them wheeling and dealing throughout the first round<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thejetpress.com\/breece-hall-future-hangs-balance-jets-must-know-offseason-date-01kj0caxs5nz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Justin Fried;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Justin Fried<\/a> \u2013 Breece Hall\u2019s future hangs in the balance as Jets approach must-know offseason date<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thejetpress.com\/nfl-draft-analyst-proposes-jets-two-risky-trades-backup-quarterbacks-01khxvgydd1m\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mike Luciano;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mike Luciano<\/a> \u2013 NFL Draft analyst proposes Jets consider two risky trades for backup quarterbacks<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thejetpress.com\/why-mac-jones-trade-still-quietly-make-sense-jets-01khyahwgkyw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Charlie Baduini;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Charlie Baduini<\/a> \u2013 Why a Mac Jones trade could still quietly make sense for the Jets<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2026\/02\/22\/jets-undecided-on-breece-hall-ahead-of-free-agency\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:David Latham;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">David Latham<\/a> \u2013 Jets \u201cUndecided\u201d On Breece Hall Ahead of Free Agency<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2026\/02\/21\/jets-predicted-to-draft-star-running-back-jeremiyah-love\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mike Roberts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mike Roberts<\/a> \u2013 Jets Predicted to Draft Star Running Back Jeremiyah Love<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Here are your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ganggreennation.com\/new-york-jets-news\/91844\/new-york-jets-flight-connections-02-22-26\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:missed connections;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">missed connections<\/a> from yesterday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning Gang Green Nation! The New York metropolitan area is in the tail end of the Blizzard&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":771109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[10318,487,7,213,226,5215,102703,1917,255,2321,2097,6,57,525,796,7150],"class_list":{"0":"post-771108","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-braelon-allen","9":"tag-breece-hall","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-jaguars","12":"tag-jets","13":"tag-mac-jones","14":"tag-matt-sullivan","15":"tag-new-york","16":"tag-new-york-jets","17":"tag-newyork","18":"tag-newyorkjets","19":"tag-nfl","20":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","21":"tag-raiders","22":"tag-the-jets","23":"tag-travis-etienne"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771108","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=771108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}