NFL Network Newsroom. I'm Omaurice joined alongside NFL Network
insider Ian Rapoport with more on a blockbuster deal between
the Jets and Sos Gardner. What can you tell
us about that, Ian? That's right. The
New York Jets have locked up their star cornerback.
So Gardner, one of the best cornerbacks in the
NFL. The young All-Pro has now agreed to terms
on a 4 year$120.4 million contract extension per the
insiders. It is$30.1 million per year. Now
the highest paid quarterback in NFL history in this deal
done by AJ Bertruck and Alonte Gardner of. Boehner
sports and of course this comes on the heels of
another huge deal that the Jets did yesterday locking in
Gary Wilson more than$30 million per year on his
deal. You know, the Jets have spent so
much time going into training camp over the course of
the last decade or so dealing with issues, just
endless issues heading into training camp this year with the
new regime with Darren Mugi with Aaron Glenn. It
is clean. Tracks done. The Jets can now
head into training camp with the focus only on the
field, and that is a huge, huge deal
for them once again. So Gardner, now the
highest paid corner in NFL history. So Gardner,
the#4 overall pick in the 2022 draft. Garrett
Wilson, the#10 overall pick. Blockbuster deals just
days apart. Both with the 5th year option in
play, and they could have been under contract for
2 more years. Why did the Jets get this
deal done early. Yeah, the Jets have been
unbelievably proactive, and again this is something we really
have not seen from the New York Jets in recent
memory. Both of these guys have the 5th year
option in play. Both of these two players were
under contract for 2 years regardless. The Jets say
, you know what, let's move now. There's
no question they wanted these guys under contract. There's
no question that Gary Wilson and Sagarner are a huge
part of their team. Why not just lock them
up? Now teams also benefit from. Doing deals
early while the players benefit from just top of the
market deals, uh, for Garrett Wilson, it
was near the top of the receiver market for Sosgardner
, now the highest paid corner. It is a
proactive approach for the New York Jets and certainly something
that bodes very well for them in the long run
. Darren Mooy and Aaron Glenn putting a stamp on
this era of New York Jets football here in the
offseason just before training camp underway, rewarding the offensive
and defensive Rookies of the Year in 2022.