{"id":58424,"date":"2022-03-15T15:21:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T19:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=58424"},"modified":"2022-03-15T15:49:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T19:49:43","slug":"jets-reportedly-set-to-sign-cornerback-dj-reed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2022\/03\/15\/jets-reportedly-set-to-sign-cornerback-dj-reed\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets Reportedly set to Sign Cornerback DJ Reed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing to look at improving their roster, the Jets have reportedly agreed to terms on a 3-year $33 million contract with former 49ers and Seahawks cornerback DJ Reed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Jets<\/a> have signed cornerback DJ Reed, sources tell <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthletic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheAthletic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Connor Hughes (@Connor_J_Hughes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Connor_J_Hughes\/status\/1503798228835348484?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The signing was first reported by Connor Hughes of the Athletic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DJ Reed on the boundary, reads Rodgers&#39; eyes and peels off his man to break up the pass attempt. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mQqxf4bCUn\">pic.twitter.com\/mQqxf4bCUn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Glenn Naughton (@JNRadio_Glenn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JNRadio_Glenn\/status\/1503820515936509952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s starter money for Reed at $11 million per after a career year with the Seahawks in which he picked up 2 interceptions, 10 passes defended and 78 tackles.\u00a0 Reed was recently named\u00a0 a player the Seahawks could <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/seattle-seahawks\/dj-reed-nfl-free-agency\/\"><strong>least afford to lose<\/strong><\/a><\/span> after dealing quarterback Russ Wilson to the Broncos.<\/p>\n<p>The one knock on Reed is his height at corner as he checks in at 5&#8242; 9&#8221;.\u00a0 It didn&#8217;t stop Reed from finishing among the best corners in the NFL in completion percentage allowed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Jets<\/a> have signed CB D.J. Reed to a 3 year deal worth $33M, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomPelissero?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TomPelissero<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last season, Reed (78.6) was PFF&#39;s 9th highest graded CB\u2708\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gVu9khGXux\">pic.twitter.com\/gVu9khGXux<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PFF NY Jets (@PFF_Jets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PFF_Jets\/status\/1503799955173040133?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Comfortable in both man and zone coverage, Reed should settle in right away as he played for Jets head coach Robert Saleh in San Francisco when Saleh was his defensive coordinator.\u00a0 Reed is the Jets first free agent addition on the defensive side of the ball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing to look at improving their roster, the Jets have reportedly agreed to terms on a 3-year $33 million contract with former 49ers and Seahawks cornerback DJ Reed. The #Jets have signed cornerback DJ Reed, sources tell @TheAthletic &mdash; Connor Hughes (@Connor_J_Hughes) March 15, 2022 The signing was first reported by Connor Hughes of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":58425,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[213],"tags":[3403,3284],"class_list":{"0":"post-58424","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jet-news","8":"tag-dj-reed","9":"tag-robert-saleh"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DJ-Reed.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-fck","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58424"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58430,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58424\/revisions\/58430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}