If you are Mike Tannenbaum you have a lot of work to do in the next four months before mandatory mini-camps open up in June.The Jets are loaded with a bunch of big named free-agents that they have to either re-sign or part ways from. Decisions that will go a long way in determining the future of this franchise for the next year and possibly years to come.
List of Jets free agents!
Braylon Edwards, Santonio Holmes, Shaun Ellis, Eric Smith, Brad Smith, and David Harris highlight 16 Jets who are either restricted or unrestricted free agents this year. Free agency usually doesn't hit full swing until March, and with the NFL Players Union set to strike in March over the new CBA, who knows what kind of leverage Tannenbaum and other GM's will have this year.
Clearly the Jets have to find a way to keep Edwards and Holmes. Both are big play number one type wide receivers. Both will be asking for a lot of money. Can the Jets keep these two together, or can they only keep one? That is the big question. And if they lose one of them, can they find a replacement on the wire, or in the draft?
Antonio Cromartie is also scheduled to be a free agent, but so is Oakland's Nhamdi Asomguah, who is touted as a better corner than Cromartie. Cromartie had an uneven year in New York. Sure it would behoove the Jets to keep him, but if they can fit Asomguah in their budget, why not go there?
Then there is Harris, Ellis and Jason Taylor. Taylor, considering his age and drop in production late in the year, probably won't be back. Harris should be re-signed fairly quickly since the Jets tried to get him a new deal during the summer. Ellis is a big question mark. He is getting older, and the Jets need an impact D-end, which Ellis is not at times.
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions...
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