Overview
- The transaction creates roughly $5.3–$5.4 million in 2026 cap room with $2.305 million in dead money, according to multiple reports.
- Hudson signed a two-year, $12 million contract last offseason that included about $6.01 million guaranteed and a $4.61 million signing bonus.
- He opened 2025 as an injury fill-in for Andrew Thomas before being pulled after 16 snaps in Week 2 following multiple penalties, per Pro Football Focus tracking.
- Following the benching, he was used almost exclusively on special teams and logged one offensive snap in Week 18.
- Local reporters characterized the move as an obvious correction of a bad signing as New York reallocates resources ahead of free agency.