The writing was on the wall: D.J. Reed was going to leave the New York Jets in free agency.
That left the Jets with a hole to fill across from Sauce Gardner. Would they do it through free agency or the draft?
First-year general manager Darren Mougey wasted no time finding the Jets’ new starting cornerback, signing Brandon Stephens to a three-year, $36 million deal with just under $23 million guaranteed.
It is obvious that the Jets are high on Stephens, as he was the only outside free agent whom New York signed for more than two years.