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Jets Trade Rumors: Sheldon Richardson Reportedly Available After 2017 NFL Draft

The New York Jets couldn't find a trade partner for Sheldon Richardson during the NFL draft, but the team is still looking to move the defensive tackle, according to Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News.

Mehta reported the Jets talked trade with Washington, among other teams, and that "the sticking point for serious suitors now is Richardson's fully guaranteed $8.1 million this season (on his fifth-year option)."

It's become one of the NFL's worst-kept secrets that Richardson is on the trade block. As Mehta noted, the Jets and Dallas Cowboys had talks about Richardson before last season's trade deadline, and Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reported the team was trying to move Richardson during the draft.