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BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - NOVEMBER 23: Justin Fields #7 of the New York Jets looks on prior to the game against the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium on November 23, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) | Getty Images The Kansas City Chiefs will navigate this offseason with uncertainty of when star quarterback Patrick Mahomes will return to the field after a late season torn ACL. With incumbent backup passer Gardner Minshew having signed with the Arizona Cardinals last week, a looming question after free agency’s first wave was who would the team bring in behind Mahomes.

We now know the answer. Trade: the New York Jets are finalizing a deal that will send QB Justin Fields to the Kansas City Chiefs, pending a physical, per ESPN sources. Other teams were interested, but Fields’ preference was to go to Kansas City.

pic. twitter. com/HFgFODMi0r — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 16, 2026 According to ESPN ’s Adam Schefter, the Chiefs and the New York Jets have agreed on a trade that will send quarterback Justin Fields to Kansas City .

Schefter adds that Fields specifically chose Kansas City over other interested teams. The insider later reported that Kansas City will be sending New York a sixth-round selection in the 2027 NFL draft as compensation for Fields. The Chicago Bears took Fields out of Ohio State with the 11th overall selection of the 2021 NFL Draft.