This offseason, the New York Jets have been very busy. Darren Mougey and Aaron Glenn have been putting in work and have built a very fun roster in just one week.
While the team looks a whole lot different, especially on defense, the Jets have a lot more optimism going forward thanks to the free agency spending. Of their moves, one sticks out as an absolute steal.
Gary Davenport of Bleacher Report highlighted that their $5.5 million one-year contract for Nahshon Wright, the Pro Bowl cornerback from the Chicago Bears, was one of the top-10 biggest steals of free agency so far.
Jets $5.5M signing of Nahshon Wright was a steal
"One-year deals at premium positions at below market value are how free agency is 'won,'" Davenport writes. "The Jets got such a signing with cornerback Nahshon Wright, who was a Pro Bowler last year with the Chicago Bears."
The one-year signing of Wright is not a major investment for the Jets, but it's the exact kind of addition teams are looking to make in free agency.
Cornerback is a hard position to find great players at, and if Wright's 2025 season isn't a fluke, then the Jets just got one of the better cornerbacks in the NFL for incredibly cheap.
He had a solid passer rating allowed of 86.8, and finished the year with five interceptions (the Jets had zero in 2025), 11 passes defended with two forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, one pick-six, 80 tackles, and three tackles for loss. Wright was great in 2025.
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Of course, it's a major question as to whether Wright can repeat the success that he had in 2025. But this one-year deal is not an expensive one for the Jets.
Had this been a $10 million deal, it still would've looked like a good investment, but it also was one that could've been a mistake by the end of 2026. That isn't the case with the $5.5 million deal the Jets handed Wright.
It's incredibly cheap for the Jets, a team with a ton of cap space coming into the year. With their need for more cornerback help, this was a no-brainer for Mougey and Glenn to agree to.
Even if Wright doesn't replicate his success from 2025 in 2026 with the Jets defense coached by Glenn, it's still a worthwhile signing as the upside case with the 27-year-old Pro Bowler is incredibly high.
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