Jets Wave the White Flag, Ship Andre Cisco to Lions for a 2028 Draft Pick
Adam Schefter reported the trade, noting Cisco is on an expiring contract.
The are officially waving the white flag, and they are doing it for the low, low price of a draft pick that is currently in high school. Adam Schefter reported Monday that the Jets are shipping safety Andre Cisco to the for a 2028 sixth-round pick.
Cisco is playing on an expiring one-year, $10 million contract, which means is just renting some secondary help for a playoff push. For the , getting a day-three pick two years from now is the front office equivalent of finding a crumpled five-dollar bill in your winter coat.
You cannot really blame for selling off parts. After getting dismantled 35-12 by the on Sunday, the are sitting in the basement of the AFC. When your season is already cooked by early November, you start trading expiring contracts before they walk for nothing in the spring.
Meanwhile, the Lions are operating like a team that actually wants to play football in January. just grinded out a 19-9 win over the , and adding a veteran safety like Cisco bolsters a defense that bettors have been backing all season. Cisco has not exactly stuffed the stat sheet this year—logging 14 solo tackles and a sack with zero interceptions—but he brings experienced depth to a secondary that needs bodies for a deep run.
will look to integrate their new defensive back immediately as they gear up for the second half of the schedule. As for the , they can look forward to the 2028 NFL Draft, where they will inevitably use this newly acquired sixth-round pick on a punter.