Alijah Vera-Tucker to the Patriots! Jets Fans React to a Brutal Loss

Evan & Tiki

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🗓️ 10 March 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Jets fans got tough news when Alijah Vera-Tucker left for the New England Patriots, and Evan explains why this one hurts. After years of injuries and frustration, Vera-Tucker finally moves on from the New York Jets, but seeing him land with a division rival makes it even worse. Evan and Tiki break down why the breakup may have been inevitable, whether the Jets did enough to try to keep him, and why the fear now is that Vera-Tucker finally stays healthy and thrives somewhere else. Plus, the conversation expands to the Jets’ offensive line outlook, the shrinking quarterback market, and why Jets fans are bracing themselves for whatever comes next in free agency.

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0:00.0	I was very disappointed.
0:01.4	I'm not surprised because it came out yesterday that Elijah Vera Tucker really wanted to move on,
0:06.2	which it's very tough to blame him on, considering where the Jets are as a franchise.
0:10.8	I don't even know if it was that.
0:12.0	I think sometimes when you're battling injury as much as he battled injury,
0:16.8	it just feels like you need a change of scenery just to get a change of scenery.
0:21.5	Not necessarily an anti-jet thing.
0:23.5	I mean, maybe it was, I don't know.
0:24.8	It's been dysfunctional there, as we all know.
0:26.7	But I also think it's just kind of like, it's not going to, it's just not meant to be here.
0:31.2	Yeah, that's entirely possible and that's a nice, positive way to look at it.
0:34.7	I think most of us look at it is they're dysfunctional and needs to get away from them.
0:38.3	The New York Jets suck. So, but for it to be the Patriots is where it's really disappointing. And I have no will towards the Giants, but I didn't want them to go to the Giants. They were offered them the most, weren't they? Yeah, yeah, no, I'm just telling you my disappointment in it. they offered him the most money, but there's certain teams where a guy like that goes to,
0:56.3	it will bother me more.
0:57.0	Like, if you went to the Giants, and I really genuinely have no will towards the Giants, hope you guys have a great year. I put a lot of money on them going to the Super Bowl. So obviously, I believe it. Or I think it has a chance of happening. but AVT with the Giants would bother me.
1:08.9	If I see him stay healthy and have a great year
1:10.7	because I'd get angrier about the Jets not being able to keep it.
1:13.7	If AVT with the Giants would bother me. If I see him stay healthy and have a great year because I'd get angrier about the Jets not being able to keep it. If AVT goes to a nondescript team that I don't have an affiliation with, I'll still be disappointed, but it's out of sight out of mine. He goes to the Patriots teak. It's in my face. Right. You see it all the time. Now, luckily, he's a guard. I get you. And it's not like an edge rusher.
1:28.6	True.
1:29.1	Or a wide receiver.
1:30.2	Makes less of an impact on a day-to-day basis in terms of highlights.
1:33.2	Yeah, exactly. He's not going to be in your face every time you play the New England Patriots. And the truth is, if they find a good replacement, and obviously it wouldn't be for him,
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