Overview

• Cleveland sends Briggs and a 2026 seventh-round pick to New York in exchange for the Jets’ 2026 sixth-rounder.
• Briggs was a 2024 seventh-round pick who appeared in six games as a rookie, logging 13 tackles, one tackle for loss and a fumble recovery.
• The Jets’ interior group is led by Quinnen Williams with depth options that include Derrick Nnadi, Phidarian Mathis, Byron Cowart and Jay Tufele after Javon Kinlaw’s free-agent exit.
• Cleveland has reworked its defensive tackle room this offseason by cutting Dalvin Tomlinson, signing Maliek Collins, drafting Mason Graham at No. 5 and retaining Michael Hall and Shelby Harris.
• The transaction fits a common late-August pattern of low-level trades as teams fine-tune rosters ahead of 53-man cuts.