Haason Reddick

New York Jets edge-rusher Haason Reddick is facing a lawsuit from a business partner who alleges he withheld money from the sale in a senior home care endeavor they had invested in, according to Abraham Gutman of the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Micah Khan said in the suit he's entitled to more than $1.6 million based on an agreement he made with Reddick in 2021.

Reddick contracted the services of Khan's Kingdom Health Services to handle marketing and business development for Haven Home Health Services. Khan claimed the company "was operating at a loss with zero patients," per Gutman, and subsequently found stronger financial footing. Haven was sold for $3.25 million in April.

Beyond not paying Khan, the plaintiff alleges that Raymond Matthews, Reddick's father, brought "security" to a meeting they had about Reddick upholding his end of their agreement.

The New York Post's Dean Balsamini provided an excerpt from the suit.

"Mr. Matthews brought over more than a dozen black-gloved men to a business meeting, claiming they were 'Haason's personal security,'" Khan said in court papers. "It was at this post-sale meeting that Mr. Matthews made it clear [they] intended to breach their payment obligations to Kingdom."

Ross Wolfe, Khan's lawyer, issued a statement after the suit was filed.

"Mr. Reddick's accolades as a professional athlete in Philadelphia, however, do not excuse him from his contractual obligations to my client," he said, per Gutman. "The work performed for Haven Home Health Agency is how Mr. Khan supports his family."

Edward S. Robson, who's representing Reddick, responded to the suit and called it a "a run-of-the-mill commercial dispute." He contended that Khan is attempting to "inflate the value of its legal claim by naming an NFL superstar as a defendant."

Robson alleged the suit "revolves around an event that has not happened—the sale of Haven Home Health Agency."

Reddick continues to hold out for a new deal with the Jets. He hasn't appeared in a single game for the team following his offseason trade from the Philadelphia Eagles. A season-long holdout would mean forfeiting nearly $21.8 million in total earnings.

In a media call following the firing of head coach Robert Saleh, Jets owner Woody Johnson said the team remains open to bringing the two-time Pro Bowler into the fold.

The saga took another turn, however, when Creative Artists Agency reportedly dropped Reddick as a client this week.

Creative Artists Agency parted ways with New York Jets pass-rusher Haason Reddick on Thursday, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.

Reddick was acquired by the Jets in a March trade with the Philadelphia Eagles, although he hasn't played during the 2024 season after holding out for a new contract.

The 30-year-old still hasn't shown up to the team's facilities despite collecting "millions" in fines for missing regular-season games and his situation "currently has no end in sight," per NFL Network's Ian Rapoport.

Reddick was previously represented by Tory Dandy and Jimmy Sexton, who are both managing partners and co-heads of CAA Sports' football division.

SNY's Connor Hughes revealed that the two-time Pro Bowler made the decision to skip reporting to training camp when he started his holdout on his own, and it wasn't due to advice from his representatives.

Reddick was set to earn a base salary of $14.25 million during the 2024 season. Schefter reported that as a vested veteran, his salary would have been guaranteed by being on the Jets' Week 1 roster.

If the Temple product holds out for the entire 2024 season, it'll cost him approximately $21.75 million. This includes $14.25 million lost in Paragraph 5 base salary, $4.5 million in fines and $3 million in discretionary bonus forfeiture (via Schefter).

Jets owner Woody Johnson discussed his confusion with the situation involving Reddick when speaking to reporters on Tuesday.

"This is something I've never seen before," he said, per NFL Network's Mike Garafolo. "You have to be part psychologist and part some other gist to try to figure out what is actually going on. I hope that the young man can come to the team. We'd welcome him with open arms. When he gets here, he'll find a very welcome locker room."

As Reddick continues his holdout in search of a new long-term contract, he'll also be looking for a new agency.

After firing head coach Robert Saleh on Tuesday, New York Jets owner Woody Johnson is now ready to move on to a new task: ending Haason Reddick's holdout.

Reddick, who was traded from the Philadelphia Eagles to New York this offseason, has yet to play for the Jets so far this year. In a call with the media following Saleh's firing, Johnson expressed his frustration with the situation.

"This is something I've never seen before," Johnson said, per NFL Network's Mike Garafolo. "You have to be part psychologist and part some other gist to try to figure out what is actually going on. I hope that the young man can come to the team. We'd welcome him with open arms. When he gets here, he'll find a very welcome locker room."

While he is annoyed Reddick is still holding out, Johnson said he would welcome the linebacker with open arms.

"Haason, get in your car, drive down 95 and come to the New York Jets," he said, per Garafolo. "We can meet you and get you an escort right into the building."

Reddick was set to play on the final year of his contract and earn $14.25 million but has instead amassed a number of fines for missing team activities and games.

He requested a trade from the Jets in August before even playing a snap for them but did not receive it. He's missed the first five games of the year.

"We have informed Haason that we will not trade him, that he is expected to be here with his teammates and that he will continue to be fined per the CBA if he does not report," Jets general manager Joe Douglas said in August. "Since the trade discussions back in March, we have been clear, direct and consistent with our position. Our focus will remain on the guys we have here as we prepare for the regular season."

Per ESPN's Adam Schefter, Reddick would lose $21.75 million if he holds out all year. He would lose $14.25 million in Paragraph 5 base salary, $4.5 million in fines and $3 million in discretionary bonus forfeiture.

Whether Johnson's plea to get Reddick to come back to the Jets will be successful is to be determined, but New York could certainly use the two-time Pro Bowler after a 2-3 start.

Reddick is coming off a season that saw him collect 38 tackles, 11 sacks and a forced fumble. In 2022, he had 49 tackles, 16 sacks and five forced fumbles.

Haason Reddick has continued his holdout after failing to agree on a reworked contract with the New York Jets, while the team that traded him to the Big Apple this offseason, the Philadelphia Eagles, has suffered through a non-existent pass rush through four games.

That naturally has led to some talk that the two teams should agree to takesies-backsies on that deal, but it turns out that NFL rules prohibit such an arrangement for two years, per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network:

In April, the Eagles traded Reddick to the Jets for a conditional third-round pick that can become a second-rounder if the star edge-rusher plays 67.5 percent of the team's defensive snaps this season and reaches at least 10 sacks.

Prior to that trade, the Eagles signed former Jets pass-rusher Bryce Huff to a three-year, $51.1 million deal.

Those two moves haven't worked out well for anyone involved.

Reddick requested a trade from the Jets in August and has continued his holdout through four games, keeping the team without a key presence on the defensive side of the ball and virtually guaranteeing that the Eagles won't be getting a second-round pick out of the deal.

Huff, meanwhile, has been dreadful in his first four games with the Eagles, registering no sacks or quarterback hits.

ESPN's Rich Cimini said on his Flight Deck podcast last week that Reddick—who registered 27 sacks in his two seasons with the Birds—probably would welcome a return to Philly.

"I think Reddick is so frustrated with the Jets' situation—of course he did request a trade in August—that he wouldn't mind going back to Philadelphia," he said (h/t Jimmy Kempski of Philly Voice). "Again, heard it from a little birdie. Take it for what it's worth."

Unfortunately for Reddick, the Jets and the Eagles, such a scenario isn't permitted by NFL rules, at least via a trade. If the Jets release Reddick, however, the Eagles could be among the teams that would actively pursue him as a free agent.

Haason Reddick's lost earnings are fast approaching eight figures as the New York Jets edge-rusher continues his holdout.

Ahead of the Jets' Week 4 matchup with the Denver Broncos, ESPN's Rich Cimini noted Reddick has now missed out on $3.16 million in game checks, which are worth nearly $792,000 individually. That's on top of the $5.9 million in mandatory and discretionary fines he has been docked.

Cimini also explained the Jets will be entitled to take back some of Reddick's pro-rated signing bonus starting in Week 5. The total there could be another $2.74 million.

The two-time Pro Bowler is clearly determined to either get a new contract from New York or force his exit to another team. Sooner or later, however, he'll have to end his holdout because extending it for the entire season may accomplish nothing.

Joel Corry of CBSSports.com wrote the Jets could seek to have Reddick's contract tolled for 2024 if the impasse goes on for long enough. That would preclude the 30-year-old from hitting free agency and keep him on New York's books for 2025 instead.

The Nov. 5 trade deadline does give general manager Joe Douglas his own ticking clock, though. It's in the Jets' interest to resolve this one way or the other, and Reddick's value only diminishes with each passing week.

The Athletic's Dianna Russini reported Saturday that "other GMs around the league believe the Jets need to start making calls."

"I don't sense panic internally in New York, especially considering the play of 2023 first-rounder Will McDonald has been better than expected (five sacks)," she reported. "As for Reddick, unless he gets a new deal, I don't expect him to show up anytime soon. At this point, it might be more surprising if he ever plays a single snap for the Jets."

New York took a risk when it acquired Reddick because his desire for an extension was out in the open. Now, the worst-case scenario is coming to pass for everyone involved.

Opposing general managers think the New York Jets might have to blink first amid the ongoing holdout of edge-rusher Haason Reddick, according to The Athletic's Dianna Russini.

"While the team doesn't want to give in, other GMs around the league believe the Jets need to start making calls," Russini reported Saturday.

She added that "I don't expect him to show up anytime soon" unless he has a new contract in hand.

Reddick has already forfeited a lot of earnings through his holdout, and each missed game tacks another $791,666 onto that total. The Jets might be thinking he basically has to report at some point because the alternative is him sitting out the entire season and likely having his contract tolled so he's still signed to New York for 2025.

But the Nov. 5 trade deadline presents a ticking clock for general manager Joe Douglas, and the closer we get to early November lowers what the team would get back in a swap.

It doesn't sound like Reddick is all that close to showing up at the Jets' facility absent a new contract in hand, either. Russini's report comes after ESPN's Rich Cimini said on his Flight Deck with Rich Cimini podcast that "I think Reddick is so frustrated with the Jets' situation" he'd welcome a return to the Philadelphia Eagles.

Reddick's offseason departure from Philadelphia resulted from a financial impasse there as well.

Nobody is benefiting from the two-time Pro Bowler's holdout. He's losing a lot of money and the Jets don't have the services of a player who they clearly expected to occupy a big role in the defense.

Trading Reddick wouldn't help New York right now now assuming the return is draft compensation, and the team will almost assuredly struggle to recoup the conditional 2026 third-rounder it sent to Philly.

But something is better than the nothing the Jets have gotten from Reddick to this point.

Acquiring disgruntled edge-rusher Haason Reddick "isn't a viable option" for the Dallas Cowboys amid their current injury crunch, according to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler.

Reddick continues to hold out for a new contract from the New York Jets and he hasn't suited up for the team as a result. That might've led some Cowboys fans to wonder whether he might be a target with Micah Parsons (high-ankle sprain) and DeMarcus Lawrence (midfoot sprain) battling injuries.

Fowler cited the cost to the Cowboys as the reason why a Reddick trade wouldn't work.

The two-time Pro Bowler has a $14.3 million base salary for 2024. While Dallas has more than enough salary cap space to absorb that figure, a long-term extension probably isn't feasible. Quarterback Dak Prescott and wide receiver CeeDee Lamb recently signed massive contracts, and Parsons is the next in line since he can become a free agent in 2026.

If Reddick is willing to end his holdout and suit up for the Cowboys without a new contract, then the situation is a little different. Considering how much money he's losing, the Jets or another team can try to call his bluff at some point.

The 30-year-old has hit double digits in sacks in each of the last four seasons. Even with how much his holdout has disrupted his preparations for the season, he'd be a big addition to any front seven.

And Dallas could certainly use some reinforcements.

Calvin Watkins of the Dallas Morning News reported Parsons could be out two to four weeks, and NFL Network's Tom Pelissero reported Lawrence "is expected to miss multiple weeks." A Week 7 bye will somewhat lessen the amount of games those two miss, but it's a tough situation for the Cowboys as they look to shake off a 2-2 start.

In the event they turn to an outside acquisition, it doesn't sound like Reddick will be a serious target.

ESPN reporter Rich Cimini believes New York Jets edge-rusher Haason Reddick, who has yet to play this season amid his holdout for a new contract, would not "be opposed" to a trade back to the Philadelphia Eagles.

One possibility is that the Eagles could swap Bryce Huff to the Jets in exchange for Reddick, Cimini said on this week's episode of his podcast Flight Deck with Rich Cimini.

"Let's put it this way: a little birdie told me that Reddick, I don't think, would be opposed to something like that," Cimini said (12:20 mark of the podcast.) "I think Reddick is so frustrated with the Jets' situation— and of course, he did request a trade in August— so frustrated that he wouldn't mind going back to Philadelphia."

Cimini concluded: "A lot of things would have to fall into place, which makes it kind of far-fetched, but it's an interesting situation to look at nonetheless."

Reddick has already forfeited more than $8 million in unearned salaries, lost bonuses and fines this season while continuing his holdout since his April trade from the Eagles to the Jets, per ESPN's Adam Schefter.

Reddick requested a trade from the Jets in early August. General manager Joe Douglass responded with a statement that Reddick had been informed "that we will not trade him, that he is expected to be here with his teammates, and that he will continue to be fined per the CBA if he does not report," per Cimini.

According to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, Reddick was seeking an "adjustment" to the expiring contract that was set to pay him a non-guaranteed base salary of $14.25 million for the 2024 season, while Cimini reported that the Jets "won't negotiate with a player unless he's in camp."

The situation has remained unchanged through three games of the regular season, with Reddick's holdout leaving him sidelined for the Jets' matchups against the San Francisco 49ers, Tennessee Titans and New England Patriots.

The Eagles meanwhile responded to Reddick's departure by signing Huff to a three-year, $51.1 million deal in free agency after his 10-sack 2023 season for the Jets.

But the defensive end has only played a limited role through three starts in Philadelphia, averaging 25 snaps per game and recording one combined tackle despite defensive coordinator Vic Fangio telling reporters Huff will eventually become the starter.

"He's not a good fit in that Eagles system," Cimini said about Huff. "And clearly, Vic Fangio, their defensive coordinator, has not embraced Huff. And so that's on the Eagles. They've screwed up that signing. They've taken a good player, and they're misusing him."

That situation, Cimini suggested, could lead to the Eagles considering a possible trade to get Huff out, and Reddick back in the mix following his 11-sack campaign in 2023.

Even if the Jets were to work out a trade for Reddick, the Eagles would have to face the obstacle of likely needing to secure a contract extension, something that has not been straightforward in New York. It looks like any team that wants the two-time Pro Bowler as a part of its defense this season will have to complete negotiations with him first.