Two recent trades for defensive tackles mean one thing for this Jets preseason finale.

Everybody should feel like their job is on the line.

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through the week, Monday through Friday. Today we are going to preview the final preseason

game of 2025. The Jets will play the

Philadelphia Eagles tonight. Kickoff time scheduled for 730 from MetLife Stadium. The final

Jets game before the real games begin in 2025. And the Jets have made some moves to shake up their

roster this week, particularly on the defensive

line. They made two trades to bring in defensive tackles. In comes Harrison Phillips from Minnesota.

The Jets acquired him on Wednesday. The Jets also acquired Juan Briggs on Wednesday from the Cleveland

Browns, a move which remakes their defensive tackle room within

just a couple of hours. And that really shakes off the battle for the roster on the defensive line.

But there were also reports that the Jets are quote unquote monitoring the trade market for wide

receivers. Now, on yesterday's show, I question what monitoring the trade market means, but I think that we can surmise that the jets are going to look for upgrades at the wide receiver position. And there are clear tangible impacts on these pieces of news for the guys on the roster right now.

At the defensive tackle spot, there are now two less roster spots available than there were 48 hours ago.

There are now two guys who are going to be cut who were on the verge of making the team 48 hours ago.

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