JetNation Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 The New York Jets will be looking to improve their receiving core this offseason considering every available option. Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Miles Austin is a New Jersey native playing collegiately in the state at Monmouth University. The Cowboys are in bad financial shape and with second year wideout Terrance Williams set to play a bigger role in their offense Austin will likely be a salary cap casualty. In order for the Cowboys to gain much needed cap space this year they need to release Austin after June 1. This will provide the team with $5.5 million in cap space on June 2 but push a $5.1 million charge for Austin into their 2015 cap, known as dead money. If the Jets are interested in Austin they would prefer to try and negotiate with him as soon as possible. The Cowboys could release Austin on March 12 with a post-June 1 designation, each team is provided two of these per year. This would allow Austin to become a free agent immediately instead of having to wait till June 2 but the Cowboys would get the salary cap relief they desire on June 2, just as if they had waited till then. Austin will be turning 30 in June and had a down injury plagued season last year with 24 receptions for 244 yards as he dealt with a hamstring issue but did have 66 receptions for 943 yards and 6 touchdowns in 2012. When healthy Austin is a speedy reliable playmaking receiver who could be had on a reasonable one-year incentive laden type contract. It would certainly be worth exploring bringing in Austin as the team is poised to lose receiver Santonio Holmes and could use a veteran presence to go along with the likely rookie receiver or receivers they draft this year. Austin has the potential to be very productive with the Jets, basically a low risk high reward signing for a guy with local ties. If released general manager John Idzik and the Jets should definitely take a good hard look at bringing him in. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Lew Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 YES, YES, YES....if its a short term deal to prove himself worthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Lew Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 and that he can stay healthy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Lew Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 we should sign Nicks to a 1 year deal too and whoever makes it through the season gets an extension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnleyJet Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Did we almost trade a 2nd to Dallas for this guy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Lew Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 yeah and he hasnt been healthy since...bad hammys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro55 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 So far everybody is a possible Jet according to the media. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TehFalcon63 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 He's aesthetic as ****, no homo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#27TheDominator Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Did we almost trade a 2nd to Dallas for this guy? yeah and he hasnt been healthy since...bad hammys Actually the Jets were pushing hard to get him in the 2009 offseason. His next 4 years were:81 for 1320 with 11 TDs, 69 for 1041 7 Tds, 43 for 579 and 7 Tds, and 66 for 943 and 6. They were poised to get him at exactly the right time. The boards were bitching because prior to that he had like 300 total yards in 3 seasons, but he would have been a good get. Last year was the first time he was pretty much a zero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aec4 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 He just got married to his girlfriend from Monmouth so being here would be something he'd want to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenseed4 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 He just got married to his girlfriend from Monmouth so being here would be something he'd want to do. Be closer to the in-laws? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#27TheDominator Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 PS: The 2nd the Jets would have given up for him was a big part of the trade up for Sanchez. Might have kept us from making that move, for better or worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j4jets Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Did we almost trade a 2nd to Dallas for this guy? Yes. I was pissed at the time why we were bringing him in considering we had to give up a 2nd for a player that only had 18 receptions in 3 years for just over 350 yards. He had 5 receptions in the first 4 games but then exploded with over 1200 yards, 76 receptions and 10 TDs in the next 12 games. When healthy, he is an actual monster that can eat ur secondary with blazing football speed. Keyword: When healthy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j4jets Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Actually the Jets were pushing hard to get him in the 2009 offseason. His next 4 years were:81 for 1320 with 11 TDs, 69 for 1041 7 Tds, 43 for 579 and 7 Tds, and 66 for 943 and 6. They were poised to get him at exactly the right time. The boards were bitching because prior to that he had like 300 total yards in 3 seasons, but he would have been a good get. Last year was the first time he was pretty much a zero. He was on the injury list every wk. It was very disappointing for the Cowboy fans knowing how much talent was on the bench. No one is giving him a monster contract so his best bet is to take a one year prove it deal, possibly around $3mil salary with a chance to earn maybe another 3-4mil in incentives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCarl40 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 The New York Jets will be looking to improve their receiving core this offseason considering every available option. Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Miles Austin is a New Jersey native playing collegiately in the state at Monmouth University. Seriously? Who writes these? This is just painful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denden29 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Seriously? Who writes these? This is just painful. Could you please explain why this is so "painful" I'd appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCarl40 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Could you please explain why this is so "painful" I'd appreciate it. The tense is wrong. He isn't playing collegiately anywhere. He played collegiately at Monmouth. I know it's just a blog and there isn't any kind of journalistic aspect to any of this at all, but it makes it hard to read or take seriously. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denden29 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 The tense is wrong. He isn't playing collegiately anywhere. He played collegiately at Monmouth. I know it's just a blog and there isn't any kind of journalistic aspect to any of this at all, but it makes it hard to read or take seriously. Thnaks for pointing it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyspinelli Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 no thanks.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewilly12 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Im all for Miles Austin WR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCarl40 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Back on topic, I don't think he's any better than Kerley and he's never healthy. It would have to be on a 1-year "Show Me" deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenseed4 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Back on topic, I don't think he's any better than Kerley and he's never healthy. It would have to be on a 1-year "Show Me" deal. He has an entirely different skill-set than Kerley. One is a quick-twitch short area guy The other is a seam stretcher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 and that he can stay healthy... He can't. So let some other team be weak at WR because he's on their IR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Im all for Miles Austin WR Of course you are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCarl40 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 He has an entirely different skill-set than Kerley. One is a quick-twitch short area guy The other is a seam stretcher. Having a different skill set doesn't make him any better. Also, Austin was not the seam stretcher, that would have been Bryant. Austin worked the middle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0mShane Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Exactly the type of guy the Jets can get right now. I imagine there will be rumors about Sidney Rice coming here, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#27TheDominator Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Exactly the type of guy the Jets can get right now. I imagine there will be rumors about Sidney Rice coming here, too. Your boy loves him some glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0mShane Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Your boy loves him some glass. Which boy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmaster2 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 The Jets should pass on this player because he is always hurt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Mostro Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Austin already had his 15 minutes of being a productive starting WR. Pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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