Adding two high-profile defensive linemen (Javon Hargrave, Jonathan Allen) this offseason, the Vikings will ship out an incumbent starter. Harrison Phillips is heading back to New York. The Jets are acquiring the veteran interior D-lineman, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports. The Jets will land Phillips and a 2027 seventh-round pick in exchange for 2026 and 2027 sixth-rounders. This deal comes less …
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Phillips saw the benefits of the depth in June, saying he imagined his snap counts would decline from his 2023 peak of 74%. That year, he became the first Vikings defensive tackle to play more than 70% of the team’s snaps since Kevin Williams in 2012. His snap count was a more reasonable 60% last season; he said the Vikings’ …
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The Vikings traded defensive tackle Harrison Phillips and a 2027 seventh-round pick to the Jets on Wednesday, according to multiple reports. The Jets will send a 2026 sixth-round pick and a 2027 sixth-round pick to the Vikings. Phillips becomes the second defensive tackle the Jets acquired Wednesday after an earlier trade with the Browns for Jowon Briggs. Phillips spent his …
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Rich CiminiAug 20, 2025, 08:01 PM ET Close Rich Cimini is a staff writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years, joining ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast. He previously was a beat writer for the New York Daily News and is a …
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By Alec Lewis, Zack Rosenblatt and Dianna Russini The Minnesota Vikings are trading defensive tackle Harrison Phillips to the New York Jets, according to multiple team sources. The move allows Minnesota to save cap space for 2025, while providing the Jets with another stout run-stopping defender. The teams swapped picks in the deal. The Vikings parted with their 2027 seventh-rounder. …
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Jets quarterback Justin Fields’s performance in the team’s second preseason game didn’t do much to inspire confidence in what the passing game will be capable of doing this season. Fields was 1-of-5 for four yards during his brief time in last Saturday’s game against the Giants and he has not thrown a pass over 10 yards in either of the …
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A galaxy billions of light-years across space-time has puzzled scientists since its discovery more than 50 years ago. PKS 1424+240 is a blazar, with a hugely active black hole in its center blasting powerful jets of plasma out into intergalactic space. To qualify as a blazar, a galaxy has to be oriented in a very specific way – with one of …
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Giants rookie pass rusher Abdul Carter was not impressed by the Jets after their preseason game — even though two Jets put together an impressive highlight against Carter. The NFL posted a highlight on social media of Jets tight end Stone Smartt laying a block on Carter that knocked him down. Carter started to get up, only to get knocked …
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Adrian Martinez could not pull the New York Jets out of the muck in his second preseason game of the 2025 season on Saturday. The former Nebraska quarterback failed to lead the Jets to a second win in the preseason, falling to the New York Giants on Saturday 31-12 Saturday night at MetLife Stadium. The loss dropped the Jets to …
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Take preseason games for what they are – a chance for players to get used to playing with each other, for rookies to get into the rhythm of real NFL game action, and for those on the roster bubble to make their case. By any measure, though, the New York Giants’ 31-12 victory over the New York Jets was a …
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