Haason Reddick remained away from the Jets during the voluntary portion of offseason workouts. The Pro Bowl edge rusher was expected to be present during his new team’s minicamp, but that has not turned out to be the case.
Reddick is not in attendance for the opening of New York’s minicamp, SNY’s Connor Hughes reports. Head coach Robert Saleh has since confirmed the news, adding (via Brian Costello of the New York Post) that he and Reddick spoke this weekend. Saleh had publicly expressed his expectation that the offseason trade acquisition would attend minicamp, making today’s news a surprise.
By virtue of missing out on OTAs, Reddick lost out on a $250K workout bonus. He will now be subject to fines as a result of his decision not to attend minicamp, a strategy often employed by players seeking new deals. The 29-year-old falls squarely into that category, with one year remaining on his current pact. Reddick is due $14.5MM in 2024, a figure much lower than the top of the edge rush market.
Reddick thrived during his two-year run with the Eagles, racking up 27 sacks and a pair of Pro Bowl nods. He expressed a desire to remain in Philadelphia on a new deal, but with no agreement in place the team elected to move on. Reddick was dealt to the Jets after the Eagles signed Bryce Huff to serve as a replacement. That set up the coming season as a potential walk year, unless New York pursues a long-term extension.
The Jets are prepared to use Reddick as a three-down starter along the edge, something which was not the case with Huff. The former’s attendance at training camp will be worth watching if no resolution is reached on the contract front. After an offseason in which a number of edge rushers landed lucrative new deals, there are now 12 players at the position attached to an annual average value above $20MM, and Reddick could attempt to join that group.
Saleh also said on Tuesday that quarterback Aaron Rodgers is away from the team for minicamp. Rodgers took part in voluntary workouts, but an engagement taking place this week will lead to an absence which Saleh indicated (via ESPN’s Rich Cimini) is unexcused. Both Rodgers and Reddick will therefore be subject to roughly $100K in fines which the team has the option of waiving.
The Jets careen from one management disaster to another.
I don’t think this rises to the level of disaster.
Couple it with Rodgers missing it for his typical idiotic reasons and it rises to mini-disaster.
It certainly feels like an unnecessary distraction. Kind of like Rodgers having his own set of rules. I think the players will understand the Reddick hold-out, but not Rodgers.
He had a scheduling conflict that he communicated prior. What kind of distraction is that? He was there for optionals too…
“He had a scheduling conflict that he communicated prior.”
He was literally told he had to be at minicamp. He communicated the issue but he absence is “unexcused” according to the Jets head coach. From the NYT:
“Saleh said Rodgers’ absence was not excused, but said Rodgers was attending an “event that’s important to him.”
“He made a decision,” Saleh said.”
Some leader.
There was several jets that had excused absences. So the jets created their own story. Hes a celebrity that has other obligations, plenty of other players have conflicts. Hes a bad leader if he doesnt communicate this. But hes not a bad leader if hes attending optionals and communicating conflicts.
A bad leader is someone who puts his own agenda, schedule ahead of the team. He knew schedule of camps and didn’t plan accordingly.
Did he know the schedule? You confirmed that?
He had a scheduling conflict that he communicated prior.
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Who scheduled the conflict? I guess some things are unavoidable, but for te most part, I schedule my life around my job.
For the most part? Sure
He literally attended mandatory physical in the facility day before camp opened. Had something that was important to him and missed first 2 days of camp.
What are we fking talking about lol.
Rodgers is insufferable
media and fan frenzy feeding the hysteria-beast. Nothing to see here. Rodgers has shown up time after time when he didn’t have to. Not a big deal he took the 1st day off. Reddick isn’t the first hold out in NFL history. He’ll play when the fines hurt.
How could he know that his yearly darkcave ahuasyca retreat would coincide w/mandatory mincamp ? U’d think he’d want a lil practice coming off a 4 snap season n major surgery. Working on his timing w/all his offensive toys, setting a tone bout leadership n winning by treating camp like SB prep. Jets u wanted em u got em, good, bad, n the ugly. Believe his newest conspiracy proclamation is the world’s flat… CTE is not ur friend son.
That’s my view. I’ll show up for things in which I have a minor role, all caffeine’d up, just to emphasize the importance and camaraderie. I don’t have much respect for the folks that just stayed in their office and couldn’t be bothered to make the effort.