The Jets just signed Jarrad Davis to a deal, and they now could be shipping out a different linebacker. New York has been receiving trade calls on C.J. Mosley, sources told Tom Pelissero of NFL Network (Twitter link).
That’s a bit surprising, considering Mosley is on what’s widely considered a very bad contract. He’s got four years and $56MM left on his current deal, and Pelissero writes that $22MM in guarantees remain on that. The Jets signed him to a massive five-year, $85MM deal in March of 2019, but he was limited to only two games that year due to a groin injury. He then opted out of this past season due to COVID-19.
As such, he’s barely played since 2018. A first-round pick of the Ravens in 2014, he was a second-team All-Pro in four of his five seasons in Baltimore. But the Alabama product has seen his stock drop significantly since then. That being said, Pelissero does point out that his 2021 cap hit to a potential new team would only be $6MM.
The signing of Davis makes Mosley look expendable to the rest of the league, and as Connor Hughes of The Athletic tweets, new Jets coach Robert Saleh recently offered a lukewarm assessment of his outlook with the team.
If the Jets do move Mosley, they likely wouldn’t get much at all in return. That’s not to say Mosley still couldn’t be a good player, he just comes with an AAV of $17MM. He’ll turn 29 in June.
“… seen his stock drop significantly…”
Yes. That’s what happens when signing with the Jets.
I mean….the Jets Mosley pairing had serious potential to go down as one of their best FA signings of the 2010’s. It’s not a Bell situation. Mosley played very well for them in a small sample size, they just got unlucky with his injury then COVID. That’s how it goes sometimes.
New coaches and Mosley healthy and back to his old form could do quite a bit for the Jets defense by itself.
Or that’s what happens when you’re an LB and leave Baltimore
Very disappointed… I still think he could be a good player for the Jets. That plus losing out on Thuney is not a good start to the free agency period.
Mosley and a day 3 pick for Ertz? Eagles need a LB and if cap figure is only 8 mil, Howie and Joe should make it work.
Question, bigger MLB fan here then NFL so i might have missed this announcement, but in MLB if u opt out that year of ur contract is erased, u dont get paid but MLB does not get an additional year of control, the way this read if Mosley was signed 2 years ago he should only have 3 years left on his deal, is that not the case?
the rule here is that he put his contract on pause by opting out.