The Jets agreed to terms with offensive guard Dylan Parham on a two-year deal worth up to $20 million, NFL Media reports.
Parham, 26, ranks 95th on PFT’s list of top-100 free agents.
The Raiders drafted Parham in the third round in 2022, and he spent his first four seasons with the team.
He appeared in 64 games, with 63 starts, seeing time at left guard, right guard and center.
Parham played 15 games in 2025, seeing action on 842 snaps.
He has played 3,803 offensive snaps in his NFL career.
The Jets have agreed to terms with one of their offensive linemen on a new deal and they’re also set to add a kicker in the wake of Nick Folk’s departure.
According to multiple reports, they will re-sign Max Mitchell and sign Cade York to the roster.
Mitchell joined the Jets as a 2022 fourth-round pick and has appeared in 45 games over the last four seasons. Mitchell has started 17 of those games and he provides some depth on a line that has lost starting guards Alijah Vera-Tucker and John Simpson in free agency.
York spent time with the Saints in 2025, but did not appear in any games. He was 9-of-13 on field goals and 17-of-18 on extra points in five games for the Bengals and Commanders in 2024. The Browns selected York in the fourth round in 2022, but he was let go after missing eight field goals during his rookie season.
Folk, who led the league in field goal percentage last year, agreed to sign with the Falcons this week.
Drafted in 2013, Geno Smith was the Jets’ starting quarterback for both of his first two years in the NFL. That ended after he was sucker punched by linebacker IK Enemkpali in the locker room during August 15.
Since then, the Jets have had 13 different starting quarterbacks. (Technically, Smith started one game in 2016, his last year with the Jets.)
They were: Ryan Fitzpatrick, Bryce Petty, Josh McCown, Sam Darnold, Luke Falk, Trevor Siemian, Joe Flacco, Mike White, Tim Boyle, Aaron Rodgers, Justin Fields, Tyrod Taylor, and Brady Cook. (Chris Streveler technically got a start in 2022 at receiver, before playing quarterback later in the game.)
Now, Geno returns. (Unless the Jets back out of the trade with the Raiders.) He’ll presumably be the starter again.
Their next moves remain to be seen. Fields presumably will be cut. They may draft someone. They may sign another veteran. (Fields and Cook are the only two currently under contract.)
Geno Smith will be the guy, until further notice. And they got him for only $3.3 million in 2026.
Matt Snell, a former New York Jets running back and one of the heroes of Super Bowl III, has died. He was 84.
In the 16-7 upset for the ages over the Colts, Snell had 30 carries for 121 yards. He scored the Jets’ lone touchdown during the game.
A first-round pick in the 1964 AFL draft (the NFL’s New York Giants had drafted him in round four), Snell spent nine years in pro football, all with the Jets. He finished his career with 4,285 rushing yards. He scored 31 total touchdowns.
He remains fourth on the franchise’s all-time rushing list, behind Curtis Martin, Freeman McNeil, and Emerson Boozer.
After Snell retired, he developed a grudge against the Jets. The specific reasons for it were never fully known. In an interview with Bob Lederer, Snell elaborated on the rift, explaining that former owner Sonny Werblin had promised Snell a job with the team after he retired, and that new owner Leon Hess failed to deliver. Snell also said during the interview that the Jets under Hess refused to give him a recommendation for a job elsewhere.
The feud prompted Snell to skip his Ring of Honor induction in 2015.
“I don’t want anything to do with them,” Snell said not long before the ceremony.
There’s no indication that Snell ever resolved his feelings for the organization.
The Jets are adding a defensive back with a knack for picking off the football.
Per Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, New York is signing cornerback Nahshon Wright to a one-year deal worth a maximum of $5.5 million.
Wright, 27, appeared in all 17 games with 16 starts for the Bears in 2025. He was selected to his first Pro Bowl, having recorded 80 total tackles, 11 passes defensed, two forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, and five interceptions.
Wright’s five picks were five more than the Jets recorded as a team during the entire 2025 season.
A Cowboys third-round pick in 2021, Wright has appeared in 50 career games with 19 starts for Dallas, Minnesota, and Chicago. He’ll move over to the AFC having recorded 16 total passes defensed with six interceptions.
