{"id":803816,"date":"2026-03-10T05:23:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T05:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/803816\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T05:23:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T05:23:15","slug":"alijah-vera-tucker-signing-with-patriots-after-injury-plagued-jets-tenure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/803816\/","title":{"rendered":"Alijah Vera-Tucker signing with Patriots after injury-plagued Jets tenure"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Jets expected to lose guard Alijah Vera-Tucker in free agency. But they probably didn\u2019t count on having to see him twice a year.<\/p>\n

Vera-Tucker agreed to a three-year contract with the division rival Patriots late Monday night, according to the NFL Network.<\/a> It is a three-year deal worth $42 million and worth up to $48 million, according to ESPN<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Vera-Tucker, 26, had an injury-plagued run with the Jets, but when he is healthy, he can be a very good player.<\/p>\n

The Jets drafted Vera-Tucker in the first round in 2021. He played 16 games in that first season but suffered season-ending injuries in 2022, 2023 and 2025 that limited him to 43 games over five seasons. <\/p>\n

A torn triceps suffered before Week 1 last year cost him the entire season.<\/p>\n

\"JetsJets guard Alijah Vera-Tucker signed with the Patriots. Bill Kostroun\/New York Post<\/p>\n

The Jets need to find a guard after losing Vera-Tucker and John Simpson, who started every game at left guard last season. Simpson agreed to a three-year, $30 million contract with the Ravens on Monday.<\/p>\n

Follow The Post\u2019s live updates of all the signings, rumors and deals from NFL free agency.<\/a><\/p>\n

It had been clear for a while that the Jets and Vera-Tucker were heading in different directions. <\/p>\n

Both sides had a reluctance to get a deal done because of Vera-Tucker\u2019s injury issues. <\/p>\n

He was looking for a change of scenery and the team was reluctant to commit to a player who has struggled to stay on the field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Jets expected to lose guard Alijah Vera-Tucker in free agency. But they probably didn\u2019t count on having…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":803817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[7,226,249,1917,255,2321,2097,6,89225,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-803816","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-jets","10":"tag-new-england-patriots","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-jets","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkjets","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-nfl-free-agency-2026","17":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116203214229524268","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803816","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=803816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/803817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}