The Jets are set to add Tim Patrick to their roster on May 13, 2026, giving the 32-year-old receiver another stop in a career that has already carried him from Denver to Detroit and Jacksonville. Darren Mougey will make the addition, bringing Patrick into his 10th NFL season.
Patrick’s path has been defined as much by resilience as by production. He caught on with the Broncos as a 2018 waiver claim, then earned a three-year, $30 million extension in 2021 after a steady rise in Denver. That run was interrupted by injuries: a torn ACL during training camp in 2022 and an Achilles tear in July 2023. The Broncos released him shortly before the 2024 season, ending a tenure that had once looked like a long-term fit.
What came next showed there was still value in his game. Patrick moved to the Lions' practice squad and then up to Detroit's 53-man roster in 2024, finishing that season with 33 catches for 394 yards and three touchdowns. The Lions re-signed him in 2025, then traded him to the Jaguars last summer in a deal that brought Detroit a 2026 sixth-round pick.
He kept producing in a limited role. Last season, Patrick caught 15 passes for 187 yards and three touchdowns, and he played in 16 games in each of the past two seasons. That consistency matters for a player whose Broncos tenure was derailed by back-to-back injury-marred years, yet who still managed to contribute to other teams over the past two seasons.
Patrick’s statistical peaks came before the injuries changed the shape of his career. He caught 51 passes for 742 yards and six touchdowns in 2020, then followed with 53 catches for 734 yards and five touchdowns in 2021. The 2021 extension suggested Denver believed those numbers could continue. Instead, the injuries sent him onto a different route, one that now lands with the Jets.
The move also reconnects Patrick with Mougey, who was with Denver when the receiver first joined the Broncos. That detail matters because the Jets are not simply taking a flier on an experienced veteran. They are bringing in a player Mougey has known since the beginning of Patrick’s NFL career, and one who has shown he can still hold a roster spot and make timely plays when healthy enough to suit up.
For the Jets, the question is no longer whether Patrick has a place in the league. He does. The more telling issue is how much he has left to give in a 10th season after two major injuries and three different teams in as many years.
