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Source: Jets ship Lee to Chiefs after GM shakeup

It didn't take long for New York Jets interim general manager Adam Gase to make his first trade, sending linebacker Darron Lee to the Kansas City Chiefs for a 2020 sixth-round pick, a league source told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Wednesday night.

Gase inherited personnel power on Wednesday, when general manager Mike Maccagnan was fired after four seasons. Gase, hired in January as the coach, will serve as the interim until a new GM is hired.

Lee was picked by Maccagnan in the first round of the 2016 draft. His days were numbered as soon as the Jets signed middle linebacker C.