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Evan & Tiki

Jets Suddenly Spend Big on Defense but Questions Remain

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

The Jets finally jump into NFL free agency with a flurry of defensive signings, adding pass rushers Joseph Ossai and Kingsley Enagbare along with a reunion with veteran linebacker Demario Davis. Evan and Tiki react live as the moves come in and debate whether the Jets are paying for production that has not happened yet or betting on upside. The guys explain why these deals feel like projections rather than proven production, putting pressure on Darren Mougey and Aaron Glenn to unlock more from young pass rushers who have not fully broken out yet. They also discuss why bringing back Demario Davis adds leadership to a defense that is clearly being rebuilt from the ground up. Plus, Breece Hall sends a cryptic tweet that raises questions about his contract situation with the Jets, and Evan wonders if leaving him on the franchise tag could create a problem inside the locker room.

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0:00.0

More news breaks.

0:01.2

Right.

0:01.5

The Jets actually get active.

0:03.1

The Jets made two moves while we were away for that short five-minute break.

0:08.5

And before we get into the details on these two moves, here's the way I would define it as someone that's not even not familiar with the two guys they added.

0:15.6

This feels like we're paying for what we think you're going to do more than what you've done.

0:21.8

First move is they went out and signed a pass rusher.

0:25.2

They actually signed two of them.

0:26.5

But we'll start with the first one that they added Joseph Osai from the Cincinnati Bengals

0:30.8

on a three-year $36 million deal.

0:34.3

Feels like a gigantic overpay for what this man is accomplished. But I think back to when they signed Calvin Pace many years ago and they stole him away from Arizona, you looked at his stats and you're like, eh, I don't know. But you were paying for what you think he would do. And Calvin ended up having a pretty good jet career. So they get Joseph Osai, who's a pass rusher, but we'll get more opportunities here with the New York Jets.

0:56.1

And then they go out and they sign another pass rusher named Kingsley and Nagabari of the Green Bay Packers.

1:02.0

Another guy who's 26 years old.

1:04.2

The numbers don't jump out at you, 11.5 sacks in four years.

1:07.9

But you see someone who may be Aaron Glenn, since this is his superpower,

1:12.3

will be able to unlock.

1:13.9

So I think these are two moves that are not going to move the needle or excite you because

1:17.9

I think most of us have to look these guys up and try to learn about who they are.

1:22.1

Right. But my interpretation is this is Darren Mugi, paying for what he thinks these guys

1:26.7

can be more than what they've

1:28.2

already accomplished. Yeah, I mean, these guys are, I guess, especially with Osai, as the years

1:34.5

went on, he slowly got more and more of the defensive snaps. I mean, when we first started,

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