Haason Reddick wound up taking part in within the Tremendous Bowl the final time he was a part of an offseason inflow of recent expertise to a workforce.
Reddick stopped wanting saying that historical past may repeat with the Jets in 2024, however the two-time Professional Bowl edge rusher made it clear Monday that he has huge expectations after his commerce from the Eagles grew to become official and he joined free-agent prizes Tyron Smith and Mike Williams.
“I don’t assume anyone is prepared for what’s about to occur,” Reddick mentioned. “It’s going to be thrilling, it’s going to be entertaining. It ought to’ve already been that means while you have a look at the protection.”
Reddick, 29, and the Browns’ Myles Garrett are the one gamers within the NFL with lively streaks of 4 straight seasons of at the very least 11 sacks (50.5 whole).
“I do know the juice I’m going to convey,” Reddick mentioned. “Hopefully it rubs off on the blokes. Hopefully their power does the identical for me. I seemed on the roster — that was one of many first issues that I did after I noticed the commerce — and I can just about assure it’s going to be some nice ball being performed.”
The Eagles additionally added receiver A.J. Brown, linebacker Kyzir White and cornerback James Bradberry throughout their transformative 2022 offseason.
Two years later, they thought of Reddick expendable for a 2026 conditional third-round draft decide after signing Bryce Huff away from the Jets on a three-year, $51 million free-agent contract.
If Reddick performs 67.5 % of defensive snaps — achieved in 4 straight seasons due to his outstanding sturdiness (one profession recreation missed) — the decide will improve to a second-rounder.
“I imagine I’ve rather a lot left within the tank. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t be right here,” Reddick “After I don’t have any extra left to provide, I’ll retire. Till that time, I’m going to proceed to attempt to play my greatest ball. So far as the Eagles, it wasn’t about what [I have] left within the tank or something like that. It’s a enterprise, and generally onerous choices must be made even should you don’t like them.”
Jets common supervisor Joe Douglas sought a alternative for Huff so as to add to bona fide pass-rushers John Franklin-Myers, Jermaine Johnson and Quinnen Williams.
“The truth that now we have a bunch of younger dawgs, we’re going to make all of it simpler for one another,” Reddick mentioned. “The attack-attack-attack model, I’m all for. I’m all about always placing QBs underneath duress. With the group that now we have, we should always be capable of do that basically usually.”
The Jets owe $14.5 million in wage and bonuses to Reddick within the last yr of his contract — a relative discount given his manufacturing and the exploding pass-rusher market.
Is an extension into account or is that this one other one-year cease for the previous first-round draft decide on his fourth workforce in 5 years?
“All choices are open,” Reddick mentioned. “Proper now, I’m simply apprehensive about being right here, assembly all people. Contractual stuff, I’m leaving that as much as my agent and Joe to determine. However no matter occurs, I’m going to be completely happy. I’m going to provide my all it doesn’t matter what as a result of that’s simply who I’m as an individual. Regardless of the way it goes, what number of years I’m going to be right here, I’m going to provide the workforce and the followers the whole lot that I’ve.”
Reddick recalled his response final offseason — when the Eagles had been the defending NFC champions — to the Jets buying and selling for Aaron Rodgers.
“As an opposing participant on the time, I noticed that and I’m like, ‘That may very well be an issue,’ ” Reddick mentioned. “This yr they convey in Mike Williams, herald Tyron Smith. What now we have the chance to do, if we are able to all are available constructing that chemistry and get on that very same web page and turn out to be a very bonded workforce by the point the season begins, I feel we are able to go actually, actually far.”
The South Jersey native coincidentally was in New York Metropolis on Friday when the commerce was agreed upon.
“It’s a brand new starting,” Reddick mentioned. “A brand new chapter for me.”
