Potential Mike Williams trade destinations and what Jets could get in return

The playoffs-or-bust Jets might be the least likely 📖two-win team to be trade deadline sellers in the history of the NFL.

And yet Mike Williams almost certainly will be dealt any day now after he caught one pဣass for 15 yards and saw his workload approxi🐬mately cut in half (19 offensive snaps) against the Steelers.

It was the end of a week in which he was called out for rꩲunning a bad route by Aaron R🎐odgers and was pushed down the receiver depth chart by the arrival of the Rodgers-endorsed Davante Adams.

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A couple of new trade partners for the Jets might have emerged because of injuries around the league in Week 7, but wh𒉰at is Williams worth on the market?

Tꦰhe Adams acquisition decreased the Jets’ leverage, and his own production (11 catches for 160 yards) is trending toward a seven-year low — except for last year’s abbreviated three-game season due to a torn ACL.

“His strengths are his size, catch radius and being a target in the red zone, so he still brings value even coming off the ACL,” one NFL executive said. “He can still run. If you were looking to nitpick, the explosive twitch out of brakes is 🐎going to take a while before it returns. Because he was [a free agent] last offseason, nobody is going to give up more than a late-round pick.”

Receiver🥀 is the most frequently traded position in the NFL, and teams seeking help will have alternatives to Williams even after Adams and Amari Cooper (Br✃owns to Bills) already were moved.

The Giants’ Darius Slayton, Broncos’ Co🗹urtland Sutton, Panthers’ Diont🐻ae Johnson and Titans’ DeAndre Hopkins figure to be available.

The Bengals and Rams could faꦛce tough decisions on whether to shop the franchise-tagged Tee Higgins and former NFL Offensive Player of 👍the Year Cooper Kupp, respectively, if they fall out of the playoff race.

The Jets, who took on all of Adams’ owed money from the Raiders, likely will have to eat some of Williams’ one-year, $10 million c﷽ontract to facilitate a deal.

There is $5.876 million spread out over four void years at the end of t🌺he con🌌tract, per spotrac.com.

“His contract will obviouౠsly be an issue ⛄for some teams,” the executive said.

Donovan Peoples𒁏-Jones (sixth-rou🌄nd pick) and Van Jefferson, Mecole Hardman and Chase Claypool (late-round pick swaps) were all dealt near last year’s in-season deadline.

Pittsburgh Steelers (5-2)

There is a perception that the Steelers are the favorites to land Williams but tabled dis༒cussions because the team played last week. They have been looking for a complement to pair with George Pickens ever since trading Johnson to the Panthers and missing out on Brandon Aiyuk when he re-signed with the 49ers just before the start of the season.

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San Francisco 49ers (3-4)

Aiyuk suffered a season-ending torn ACL and MCL during Sunday’s loss, and the oft-injured Deebo Samuel was hospitalized with fluid in his lungs and a form of pneumonia, accordin𒆙g to head coach Kyle Shanahan. It’s Super Bow♌l or bust.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-3)

In the same game that Mike Evans aggravated a hamstring injury, Chris Godwin suffered a season-ending broken leg. The rev🐎italization of quarterback Baker Mayfield had a lot to do with those two receivers.

Los Angeles Chargers (3-3)

Would Williams’ former team — who let him walk in freeꦇ agency as part of a salary-cap cleanse — want him back? The Chargers only have one 200-yard receiver (rookie Ladd McConkey, 265) — not enough weapons for $262.5 million quarterback Justin Herbertꦬ.

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Kansas City Chiefs (6-0)

Patrick Mahomes can make scraps look gourmet, but with tight end Travis Kelce’s production♛ way down and Marquise Brown and Rashee🍷 Rice sidelined, Williams could be a better complement to speedster Xavier Worthy than JuJu Smith-Schuster.