Will McDonald IV will play five seasons with the Jets and then leave without re-signing.
First call: Dec 2, 2025, 12:58 PM ET · Deadline: Mar 20, 2028, 12:00 AM ET · Historical archive
“I think will mcdonald and JJ will both play here for 5 years and then will not be resigned.”OPEN THE ORIGINAL POST ↗
What we’re scoring
The second player is independently resolvable. Keep pending: the option alone does not make the complete tenure-and-no-extension forecast irreversible.
The ruling
The Jets exercised McDonald's fifth-year option April 29, 2026. Drafted 2023, his fifth season is 2027; an option does not establish whether he actually completes that tenure or signs an extension afterward.
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- Dec 2, 2025, 12:58 PM ET · originalWill McDonald IV will play five seasons with the Jets and then leave without re-signing.Source post ↗
- Dec 2, 2025, 3:04 PM ET · repeatWill McDonald IV will play five seasons with the Jets and then leave without re-signing.Source post ↗
Public review history (4)
- Sep 24, 2026, 2:12 PM ET · approve
The second player is independently resolvable. Keep pending: the option alone does not make the complete tenure-and-no-extension forecast irreversible.
- Sep 24, 2026, 2:12 PM ET · verdict
The Jets exercised McDonald's fifth-year option April 29, 2026. Drafted 2023, his fifth season is 2027; an option does not establish whether he actually completes that tenure or signs an extension afterward.
- Sep 24, 2026, 2:12 PM ET · repeat
Later repeat clarifies two additional seasons 2026-2027 before leaving. No second score.
- Sep 24, 2026, 2:14 PM ET · review-note
The second player is independently resolvable. Keep pending: the option alone does not make the complete tenure-and-no-extension forecast irreversible. Jev advisory reviewed: Separate Johnson and McDonald timelines. Johnson departed after four Jets seasons: entire five-season-then-exit forecast irreversibly false before the listed endpoint; owner authorized early automated grading. McDonald fifth-year option is not proof of actually completing five seasons or never extending; pending.
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