The Detroit Lions are on the board for the 2026 NFL commerce deadline.
In accordance with ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Lions are buying and selling for New York Jets security Andre Cisco. In return, the Lions are sending the Jets a 2028 sixth-round choose.
Cisco was drafted within the third spherical of the 2021 NFL Draft and spent the primary 4 years of his profession with the Jacksonville Jaguars. He performed in 63 video games for the Jaguars, beginning 47 video games for them over that point. After his rookie deal was up, he signed a one-year, $8.5 million cope with the Jets in 2025 and re-signed with the group on a one-year, $2.5 million deal this offseason.
This season, Cisco has seen his position diminished in New York after beginning eight video games for them final 12 months. After beginning the primary three video games for the Jets in 2026, Cisco has performed a complete of simply 23 snaps with New York over the previous 5 video games.
In Detroit, Cisco ought to give the Lions some much-needed depth on the security place. Brian Department latest returned from his Achilles harm and Kerby Joseph may very well be on the trail to returning now that his observe window has been opened up. Nonetheless, the Lions have been scuffling with their depth on the place. Veteran Chuck Clark has been the first reserve and has performed okay, talling his second interception of the season on Sunday. However Christian Izien has been benched, Thomas Harper stays on injured reserve, and the Lions have scaled again the work of rookie Keith Abney, who moved to security midseason. This transfer might open up the chance to maneuver Abney again to nickel cornerback.
As for Cisco, he’s a flexible security able to taking part in each within the field and as a deep, protection security. He’ll be interesting to the Lions, as a result of he’s an aggressive run defender. However he additionally has fairly good ball abilities. In school, he tallied 13 interceptions for Syracuse, together with seven in his freshman season. On the NFL degree, Cisco has eight interceptions, 26 passes defended, 4 pressured fumbles, and a couple of.5 sacks.
