{"id":215391,"date":"2026-04-30T13:45:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T13:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/215391\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T13:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T13:45:18","slug":"new-york-jets-news-jets-pick-up-fifth-year-option-on-edge-will-mcdonald-iv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/215391\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Jets News: Jets Pick Up Fifth-Year Option on Edge Will McDonald IV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning Gang Green Nation! Here are your links to your New York Jets<\/a> this glorious Thursday in April:<\/p>\n

Jack Bell<\/a> \u2013 Notebook | Jets GM Darren Mougey\u2019s Revamped Process Laid Groundwork for Draft Success<\/p>\n

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Eric Allen<\/a> \u2013 Jets Pick Up Fifth-Year Option on Edge Will McDonald IV<\/p>\n

Randy Lange<\/a> \u2013 Does Kenyon Sadiq Hold Combine Mark for Fastest 40 by a TE? He\u2019s in the Conversation<\/p>\n

Eric Allen<\/a> \u2013 Are the Jets Done at Quarterback?<\/p>\n

Brian Costello<\/a> \u2013 Jets pick up Will McDonald option as team plans for dynamic pass-rushing duo<\/p>\n

Alex Smith<\/a> \u2013 Jets pick up fifth-year option on defensive end Will McDonald<\/p>\n

Sharif Phillips-Keaton<\/a> \u2013 2026 NFL Draft: Highlights of Jets\u2019 seventh-round pick S VJ Payne<\/p>\n

Nick Wojton<\/a> \u2013 Jets exercise Will McDonald fifth-year option, what that means<\/p>\n

Geoffrey A Knox<\/a> \u2013 Jets TE Kenyon Sadiq earns elite comparisons from Robert Griffin<\/a> III<\/p>\n

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Geoffrey A Knox<\/a> \u2013 ESPN\u2019s Field Yates: believes Jets struck gold with Omar Cooper Jr.<\/p>\n

Rob Gregson<\/a> \u2013 Jets\u2019 quarterback situation is about to become even more awkward if they take the next steps with Pro Bowl signal caller<\/p>\n

Adam La Rose<\/a> \u2013 Jets Decline Mazi Smith<\/a>\u2019s Fifth-Year Option<\/p>\n

Nikhil Mehta<\/a> \u2013 Jets Pick Up Will McDonald\u2019s Fifth-Year Option<\/p>\n

Billy Heyen<\/a> \u2013 Jets\u2019 Russell Wilson<\/a> news is somehow flying under the radar<\/p>\n

Matt Sullivan<\/a> \u2013 Jets made three of ESPN\u2019s top-10 best selections in 2026 NFL Draft<\/p>\n

Glenn Naughton<\/a> \u2013 Jets to Pick up Fifth-Year Option on Will McDonald<\/p>\n

Scott Mitchell<\/a> \u2013 Analyzing how Day Three picks of the 2026 NFL Draft fit on the Jets<\/p>\n

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Mike Luciano<\/a> \u2013 Jets\u2019 Jack Campbell<\/a> dream may come true as Lions set up 2027 free agent frenzy<\/p>\n

Mike Luciano<\/a> \u2013 Jets 2027 NFL mock draft has New York passing on QB in top-five<\/p>\n

Mike Luciano<\/a> \u2013 Advanced metrics show Jets may have found a hidden gem in Cade Klubnik<\/a><\/p>\n

Michael Zimmelman<\/a> \u2013 Jets Backup Plans Could Involve Super Bowl Champion QB<\/p>\n

Matty Breisch<\/a> \u2013 Jets rumors: The Broncos reason Darren Mougey may have drafted Cade Klubnik<\/p>\n

Ben Strauss<\/a> \u2013 Jets bold predictions for 2026 NFL Draft class during rookie season<\/p>\n

Jaren Kawada<\/a> \u2013 3 Jets picks land in Matt Miller\u2019s top 10 of 2026 NFL Draft<\/p>\n

Enzo Flojo<\/a> \u2013 Jets rookie from 2026 NFL Draft class who will make biggest impact in Year 1<\/p>\n

Here are your missed connections<\/a> from yesterday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning Gang Green Nation! Here are your links to your New York Jets this glorious Thursday in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[34086,55509,83101,2244,84956,34934,7409,28194,38485,17870,1066,9,11,430,10,84957,4088,16330],"class_list":["post-215391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-2026-nfl-draft","tag-alex-smith","tag-cade-klubnik","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-christian-rozeboom","tag-east-rutherford","tag-eric-allen","tag-jack-campbell","tag-mason-taylor","tag-mazi-smith","tag-new-jersey","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-jets","tag-new-york-news","tag-robert-griffin","tag-russell-wilson","tag-will-mcdonald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215391","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=215391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}