{"id":157958,"date":"2026-03-09T14:59:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/157958\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T14:59:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:59:17","slug":"new-york-jets-to-trade-for-miami-dolphins-safety-minkah-fitzpatrick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/157958\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Jets to trade for Miami Dolphins safety Minkah Fitzpatrick"},"content":{"rendered":"

MIAMI, March 9 (UPI) — The New York Jets<\/a> agreed to acquire safety Minkah Fitzpatrick<\/a> through a trade with the Miami Dolphins<\/a>, league sources told UPI on Monday.<\/p>\n

Fitzpatrick, who initially joined the Dolphins as the No. 11 overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft and reunited with the franchise in a June trade with the Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a>, started 14 games in 2025.\n<\/p>\n

He logged 82 combined tackles, six passes defensed, four tackles for a loss, two fumble recoveries, a forced fumble, an interception and a sack last season.<\/p>\n

The eight-year veteran totaled 690 combined tackles, 60 passes defensed, 21 interceptions, 12 tackles for a loss, seven fumble recoveries, six forced fumbles and five defensive touchdowns over the first 120 appearances of his NFL career.<\/p>\n

Pro Football Focus rated Fitzpatrick the No. 6<\/a> safety among those who were in for at least 50% of the maximum snaps played at the position in 2025. He rated No. 23 in 2024, when he started all 17 games for the Steelers.<\/p>\n

Fitzpatrick is to slot in at free safety next to Jets strong safety Malachi Moore. Fellow free safeties Andre Cisco and Tony Adams<\/a>, who started eight and nine games, respectively, last season for the Jets, are headed toward free agency.\n<\/p>\n

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\t\t Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold (L) embraces the Super Bowl MVP, running back Kenneth Walker III, after the Seahawks defeated the New England Patriots 29-13 to win Super Bowl LX at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on February 8, 2026. Photo by John Angelillo\/UPI | License Photo<\/a>\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI, March 9 (UPI) — The New York Jets agreed to acquire safety Minkah Fitzpatrick through a trade…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2680,65230,9,11,430,10,127,30702],"class_list":["post-157958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-minkah-fitzpatrick","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-jets","tag-new-york-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-tony-adams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}