Overview
- Kansas City is acquiring Fields for a 2027 sixth-rounder in a deal reported by multiple outlets and awaiting his physical.
- The Jets will pay about $7 million of Fields’ $10 million guaranteed 2026 salary, with the Chiefs responsible for roughly $3 million.
- The move is designed to provide low-cost quarterback insurance as Patrick Mahomes rehabs a torn ACL, with Fields expected to take most offseason reps.
- New York’s trade for Geno Smith made Fields expendable after a 2025 season in which he went 2-7 as a starter, was benched, and finished on injured reserve with knee soreness.
- Reuters reports the transaction frees roughly $4 million in cap space for the Jets, while Kansas City refills depth after Gardner Minshew departed in free agency.