Jets' stunning trade spree sets up ultimate flexibility for the future

New York Jets general manager Darren Mougey | Brooke Sutton/GettyImagesNow, the Jets rebuild. Again. But this doesn't appear to be the same kind of rebuild we're used to. Typically, we see it coming.

Not that it's a total shock that New York is pivoting toward draft capital vs win-now talent. It would be malpractice for the front office not to do so. The team is long since out of contention. But the few talented pieces left on the roster seemed likely to stick for the time being.

They didn't.

What was already a rebuild is now an ultra-rebuild. Trading away Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams, two cornerstones of the defense, was a more aggressive move than expected. Maybe that's because this…