Jets urged to 'kick the tires' on trades for Eagles and Texans backup QBs

The New York Jets have a major quarterback problem. Justin Fields was a disaster, and they don't have a good rookie worth drafting early this year.

Darren Mougey and Aaron Glenn will have to look to free agency or the trade market to land a new quarterback this offseason. Fortunately, there are some interesting trade options other than the expensive Tua Tagovailoa and Kyler Murray.

Dan Parr of NFL.com shared that NFL Draft expert Daniel Jeremiah is urging the Jets, instead of taking a QB in the draft, to "kick the tires" on a trade for a backup QB from the Philadelphia Eagles or the Houston Texans.

Jets urged to 'kick the tires' on trades for Eagles, Texans QBs

"Instead, Jeremiah said the Jets should be kicking the tires on a couple of veteran backups to gauge their availability on the trade market: the Eagles' Tanner McKee and the Texans' Davis Mills," Parr writes.

Both of these quarterbacks are backups behind quarterbacks who won't have their starting jobs in jeopardy this offseason.

Jalen Hurts is a Super Bowl MVP and isn't going anywhere. And while C.J. Stroud had a rough playoffs, he's also staying the starter for now.

Of these two, McKee is a bit more of an unknown. The Eagles' backup is a Super Bowl champion. He'll be 26 years old at the start of the season and was a 2023 sixth-round draft pick by the Eagles.

In his career, McKee has a 1-1 record, a 61.4% completion rate, 597 yards, five touchdowns, and one interception across the last two seasons.

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Mills, on the other hand, is more of a known QB. He was a 2021 third-round pick and is 27 years old. He's made 29 starts in his career, with a 61.8% completion rate, 7,082 passing yards, 40 touchdowns, and 26 interceptions.

His lows are tough, in a 17-TD, 15-INT season in 2022 in 15 starts. But this past season, he went 3-0 for the Texans with a 57.2% completion rate, 915 passing yards, five touchdowns, and one interception.

Both of these quarterbacks would be nice options for the Jets to trade a mid-round pick for. They're cheap, solid quarterbacks who've shown enough to be quality starters in the NFL.

Jeremiah is urging the Jets to, instead of taking a QB in the first few rounds of the 2026 NFL Draft, to "kick the tires" on these two backups with the Eagles and Texans to be their new QB for the 2026 season.

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