{"id":859106,"date":"2026-04-07T14:45:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/859106\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T14:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:45:17","slug":"darren-mougey-would-hang-up-laughing-at-jets-brian-thomas-jr-trade-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/859106\/","title":{"rendered":"Darren Mougey would hang up laughing at Jets’ Brian Thomas Jr. trade package"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Jets have a desperate need for wide receivers right now, and with Darren Mougey’s reputation for trading,<\/a> there’s been speculation that he could make a deal to add to one of the team’s weakest positions.<\/p>\n

One of the names linked to the Jets the most is Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr., a recent first-round pick who has fallen out of favor with head coach Liam Coen’s staff in Jacksonville.<\/p>\n

The Jets have allegedly had interest in the wideout dating back to the 2025 trade deadline,<\/a> and rumors of a move have only heated up since the offseason began.<\/p>\n

A trade for Thomas would be an exciting one, but it has to be for the right price.<\/a> Bleacher Report recently put out an idea for the Jets to land the Pro Bowler, but it would almost certainly not be worth the cost.<\/p>\n

Jets-Jaguars Brian Thomas Jr. trade idea is hilariously bad<\/p>\n

B\/R’s Gary Davenport pitched<\/a> a trade package featuring multiple pick swaps, and the Jets giving up one of their first-round picks in order to land the former 2024 first-round wide receiver.<\/p>\n

For starters, the Jets don’t even own the 159th overall pick. Their only fifth-rounder is No. 179, received via the compensatory pick formula. But setting that aside, this trade would not be worth it for New York.<\/p>\n

Not only are they giving an incredibly valuable first-round pick, but they are also giving up another premium pick next year, too, forking over their second-rounder in 2027.<\/p>\n

Thomas is an incredibly talented wide receiver and put up staggering numbers in 2024. But his 2025 season was less than ideal. From Week 1 to Week 9 this past year, he had a league-leading 19.6% drop rate according to FTN Fantasy,<\/a> and his struggles were the reason the Jaguars felt the need to acquire Jakobi Meyers.<\/p>\n

The former LSU standout improved down the stretch of the season, bumping his drop percentage down to 4.3%, but his head-scratching early struggles remain a concern.<\/p>\n

Rather than multiple premier draft picks, Thomas can likely be had for a singular Day 2 pick;<\/a> maybe one of the Jets’ 2026 second-rounders is enough to get a deal done.<\/p>\n

But trading a first and a second for a player who didn’t look great the last time he was on the field is laughable at best, and something Mougey surely wouldn’t let happen on his watch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Jets have a desperate need for wide receivers right now, and with Darren Mougey’s reputation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":859107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2051],"tags":[7,226,1917,255,2321,2097,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-859106","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"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116363966819592583","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859106","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=859106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/859107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}