flurry of quarterback moves Monday<\/a>, but there are still players the Jets are believed to be targeting available.\u00a0<\/p>\nThe biggest news came from one of their AFC East rivals. <\/p>\n
The Dolphins announced they would be releasing Tua Tagovailoa on Wednesday. <\/p>\n
They subsequently agreed to a deal with former Packers quarterback Malik Willis, considered to be the top free agent quarterback available. <\/p>\n
Tagovailoa is expected to sign with the Falcons.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Jets are monitoring the market, including two other starting quarterbacks that are being released by their teams \u2014 Kyler Murray and Geno Smith. <\/p>\n
Jets general manager Darren Mougey spent the first day of free agency addressing the defense. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n
There was no news on either of them Monday. Murray has been linked to the Vikings in many places, but nothing solid has come out about the two sides yet. <\/p>\n
Smith is a more likely option for the Jets and his return to the team got a boost Monday with Willis going to Miami. <\/p>\n
Smith grew up in South Florida and the Dolphins were viewed as one of his potential destinations.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kyler Murray Getty Images<\/p>\n
Geno Smith Getty Images<\/p>\n
There was also some backup quarterback news that could affect the Jets. <\/p>\n
Gardner Minshew signed with the Cardinals. <\/p>\n
The Jets would have interest if Arizona wants to move on from Jacoby Brissett, who has played for Jets offensive coordinator Frank Reich before. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
But reports out of Arizona indicated that the Cardinals could view Brissett as their starter and Minshew as his backup.<\/p>\n
The Commanders re-signed Marcus Mariota and the Titans signed former Bills quarterback Mitchell Trubisky, taking two potential backup options off the board for the Jets. <\/p>\n
The Panthers also signed Kenny Pickett to back up Bryce Young. <\/p>\n
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That could make Andy Dalton available. <\/p>\n
He played for Reich in Carolina in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Jets did not add a wide receiver Monday. <\/p>\n
They could look at the trade market for a second receiver opposite Garrett Wilson. <\/p>\n
SNY reported that the Jaguars are listening to offers for Brian Thomas Jr., who could be an intriguing option. <\/p>\n
It also appears the Jets will need a guard after John Simpson signed with the Ravens and Alijah Vera-Tucker is expected to leave in free agency, too.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jets general manager Darren Mougey spent the first day of free agency addressing the defense. Now the question…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":803884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[7,226,1917,255,2321,2097,6,89225,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-803883","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-york","11":"tag-new-york-jets","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkjets","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-nfl-free-agency-2026","16":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116203420808867573","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803883","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=803883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/803884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}