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FREE AGENT dept. - which jets free agents are keepers ? ? ?


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So much of this depends on who the Jets are able to get OUTSIDE the current roster. For example, will they be able to get Norwell? If so, then you cut Carpenter. Are they able to get T.Johnson, then you probably let Claiborne walk. Are you able to get Cousins? Then you let McCown walk and you can use one of your top draft picks on a RB (possibly via trade down) and cut Forte and maybe Powell as well.

The other question is what type of deals current Jet players will agree to. Macc has been (for the most part) pretty shrewd about signing players to long term deals that are front loaded and non-committal in the back end of the contract. But I'm sure some players will not accept deals like that. 

I personally think the Jet need to back up the money truck for Cousins, do what they can to lure Norwell and T.Johnson on long term deals. That right there would allow them to cut Carpenter, Petty, let McCown walk, and let Claiborne walk. 

I think you Offer D.Davis a 3-4 year deal (he probably wont take anything less), ASJ a 3-4 yr deal (but less money than D.D. obviously), and Ealy a 3-4 yr deal. 

You cut Ijalana, let W.Johnson walk, cut Forte, cut Wilkerson. 

Then you rely on the draft. No longer needing a QB, the Jets should probably trade down in the first round and infuse the team with more young talent adding an OT, C, RB, CB, Pass Rusher, DE...in no particular order. But they could address all 6 positions in the first 3 rounds if they were to trade down. Rd 1 pick in the teens, 3 second round picks, 2 third round picks.    

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1. New York Jets

Before the 2017 season was even over, Manish Mehta of the New York Daily Newsreported Richardson and the Jets were interested in a reunion. Off-the-field issues, and having to choose between him and Muhammad Wilkerson for a long-term deal, left the Jets to try to trade Richardson in order to get something in return.

But it’s clear the Jets made the wrong choice, as Wilkerson has not produced on the field over the last couple seasons along with becoming an issue in the locker room. It’s inevitable he will be cut early this offseason, clearing $11 or $17 million in cap savings for 2018 depending on being designated as a post-June 1 cut or not. The Jets are already set to have close to $73.2 million in cap space (fourth-most in the league right now), so Wilkerson’s exact release designation is far less important than making the move to shed him.

Richardson has never quite lived up to being the No. 13 overall pick in 2013, and he may never do so. But he won NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, earned a Pro Bowl selection (2014) and registered 13 sacks over a two-season span (2014 and 2015) during his previous time with the Jets. A reunion is very appealing for both sides, so it’s really just a matter of what the market will bear for Richardson and how the Jets may or may not be willing to meet that value.

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Rich Cimini ESPN Staff Writer 

Today is the first day teams can apply the franchise tag. This is a non-issue for the Jets, as none of their prospective free agents is worth the tag. Truth is, they probably won't have a franchise-tag candidate until 2020, when Leonard Williams is eligible for free agency (if he plays out his fifth-year option).

>   http://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/nyj/new-york-jets

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