Rumored Quincy Williams free agency scenario is what every Jets fan expected

The New York Jets are projected to part ways with many of the holdovers from the Robert Saleh era as Aaron Glenn tries to remake the roster in his image. After trading Quinnen Williams to the Dallas Cowboys for some serious NFL Draft picks, his brother, linebacker Quincy Williams, may be next out the door.

Between his own poor play this season, a clear incongruous fit in Glenn and ex-DC Steve Wilks' scheme, and effort that appeared to look like going through the motions near the end of the year, Williams will likely call time on his tenure with the Jets in favor of a team more conducive to his skills.

Williams picked a great time to hit the open market. Not only is former Jets head coach Robert Saleh now in charge of the Tennessee Titans while former defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich takes hold of the Atlanta Falcons' unit again, but both of those teams are in need of some extra juice in the linebacker room.

FOX Sports believes that one of those two spots makes sense for Williams in free agency, as they both run the scheme that turned him from an afterthought to an All-Pro linebacker by harnessing his athletic gifts.

FOX believes Quincy Williams could leave Jets for Titans or Falcons

Williams' Pro Football Focus grade ranked 76th out of 88 qualified linebackers, and his coverage grade, coming in 80th out of 88, shows exactly what went wrong last year. In tandem with Jamien Sherwood's regression, Williams was targeted early and often in coverage.

There are concerns with bringing him back beyond just the down year in 2025. Williams is going to be 30 years old this season. With so much of his game revolving around speed and his ability to fly downhill, he might find it tough to recapture his glory days.

However, if he is going to get back on track, both Tennessee and Atlanta seem to make the most sense for him. For all of Saleh and Ulbrich's many faults as coaches, both of them can whip up a defense (especially one that has a firecracker like Williams in a place of prominence) in no time at all.

Williams leaving the Jets seems like a mutual parting of ways, but with some of his old New York coaches percolating around the NFL, No. 56 is still going to have a fairly strong market among coaches who want to build him back up.