The Jets lost a major piece of their defense in the early hours of free agency on Monday.

Edge rusher Bryce Huff, who led the team in sacks last season, agreed to a three-year, $51.1 million contract with the Eagles, according to ESPN.

The deal pays him an average of $17 million per season and can go as high as $20.033 million per year, according to the NFL Network.

The Jets have been bracing for Huff’s departure for a while, knowing his price could get higher than they were willing to go.

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Still, this one stings for the Jets, who signed Huff as an undrafted free agent in 2020 out of Memphis.

Huff had a career-high 10 sacks last season, driving his price up in a league starved for pass rushers.

Huff is only 25 years old and it will be interesting to see what his role is on the Eagles.

One thing that bothered Huff with the Jets was that he was not an every-down player.

He played 42 percent of the defensive snaps last year as part of Jeff Ulbrich’s pass-rusher rotation.