(TSX / STATS) NEW YORK — The New York Jets have attempted to trade former Missouri Tiger defensive end Sheldon Richardson on a few occasions this offseason, but to no avail.
Richardson told the New York Daily News that he was asked to take a pay cut to make a trade work.
“It’s a business, bro,” the 26-year-old Richardson said. “There was one team that asked me to take a pay cut … and it was Seattle. And Washington too. There were a lot of offers. A lot of good offers. You’d be surprised.”
Richardson is slated to make $8.1 million this year and can be a free agent at the end of the season. He recorded 62 tackles and 1.5 sacks in 15 games last season.
Richardson has collected 241 tackles and 18 sacks in 58 career games since being selected by New York with the 13th overall pick of the 2013 draft.
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