Jets nose tackle Steve McLendon #99 lines up during the first half at MetLife Stadium on Aug 24, 2019. Credit: Daniel De Mato
Adam Gase said trading veteran nose tackle Steve McLendon wasn’t the start of a Jets’ fire sale.
"We just felt it was the right thing to do," Gase said.
McLendon, 34, was sent to Tampa with a 2023 seventh-round pick for a 2022 sixth rounder. News of the trade broke not long after the Jets lost, 24-0, to Miami and fell to 0-6. McLendon played 24 defensive snaps in the game.
Earlier in the week, the Jets waived Le’Veon Bell.