Trying to bolster one of their weakest positions, the New York Jets acquired defensive tackles Harrison Phillips and Jowon Briggs in separate trades Wednesday. The Jets traded two sixth-round picks (2026 and 2027) to the Minnesota Vikings for Phillips and a 2027 seventh-round pick,

Behind three high-priced veterans, the Vikings had a group of young defensive linemen that Harrison Phillips said this summer would be able to help him stay healthy. Instead, that group made Phillips expendable.