Jets probably can't resign Brendan Dillon (thank the stars) -- Middleton is making $2.45M this year and might be attractive to them as a gritty LHD replacement. Would you take Nate Schmidt back (at $5.95M for one year) if McGroarty was attached?
Something like Middleton + 2nd(?) for McGroarty + Schmidt (no retention)
No idea if it actually moves the needle for the Jets, but Middleton fits what they're losing in Dillon and gives them some needed cap space. Would leave us with ~$1M in cap space, if we re-sign Chisolm for ~$850k-$1M + McGroarty's ELC. But one of McGroarty, Ohgren, Jojo, or Hartman would have to hold down the top 6 spot (also, sending one of Ohgren or Khusnutdinov down to Iowa could save another ~$900k if McGroarty replaces one of them in the lineup; would give us a little more cushion)
Hard to see it happening if we actually think we're contenders this year, but seems like it could be a prudent move with Zeev coming as early as the end of the year anyways. Turning Middleton into McGroarty just for taking on Schmidt for a non-contending year would be a boon that could pay dividends during our actual window.
Also, maybe Hunt could jump Schmidt and we would have an expensive 7th D lol. Either way, our left side would be iffy after Brodin for the year.