While SNY NFL Insider Connor Hughes duly notes that the Jets signing of wide receiver Mike Williams was not a "bountiful one" for either side and his trade to the Steelers not a surprise, Connor would have preferred to hold on to Williams as an expensive "insurance policy,

The Jets have been thrown off their flight path in 2024 and are now shipping a key offseason acquisition elsewhere. New York traded Williams to the Pittsburgh Steelers on trade deadline day for a 2025 fifth-round pick. It's not a shocking move since Williams has long been the subject of trade rumors since Davante Adams arrived in Florham Park, N.J.