2019 NFL trade deadline: Which teams made the best deals?

6. Leonard Williams to the New York Giants from the New York Jets

In the leadup to the 2019 NFL trade deadline, we had a deal between teams that play in the same building. The New York Jets sent defensive lineman Leonard Williams to the New York Giants for a 2020 third-round pick and a 2021 fifth-round pick.

Williams was a former No. 6 overall pick by the Jets in the 2015 NFL Draft out of USC. He was a Pro Bowler for Gang Green in 2016 and had his fifth-year player option picked up by New York for 2019. He’ll be a free agent next year, but could be franchise tagged by a team like the Giants, who are looking to replace previous losses in the trenches in Damon Harrison and Olivier Vernon.

So giving up two future picks to a team you share the same media market for a player in a contract year could be a tad unorthodox, but it’s a move that hopefully makes the Giants a better team in the long-run. The Jets are rebuilding with a new general manager in the building in Joe Douglas.

New York drafted a replacement for Williams in the form of Alabama’s Quinnen Williams this past spring anyway. Overall, this is a decent deal for both teams. The Giants get a player they can build with, while the Jets get compensation for a guy they weren’t going to bring back. The reason this move ranks so low is that neither New York team is anything close to respectable this season.