The latest on Gang Green:
- The Jets’ reworking of left tackle Ryan Clady‘s contract last month didn’t actually do much to change his deal, reports Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk. The team still faces a mid-February deadline on a $1MM payment, which was previously an option bonus but is now a fully guaranteed roster bonus. It’s possible that the Jets will pick up that option and try to convince Clady later in the offseason to agree to a pay cut, Florio writes. Clady is currently slated to play 2017 – his age-31 campaign – on a $10MM salary, which is an unpalatable amount for an injury-prone player coming off a disappointing season.
- While releasing Brandon Marshall would save the Jets his entire cap hit for 2017 ($7.5MM), the wide receiver expects to remain with the club, he told Darryl Slater of NJ Advance Media. “They haven’t said anything otherwise,” he stated. “There was no indication that they don’t want me back.” Marshall, who will turn 33 next month, indicated in December that he wants to stay a Jet. That came toward the end of a mediocre season for Marshall, who caught just 59 of 128 targets for 788 yards and three touchdowns after posting a 109-catch, 1,502-yard, 14-TD 2015.
- The Jets might turn to one of Marshall’s ex-teammates, Jay Cutler, as their next starting quarterback if the Bears release him, but doing so wouldn’t make any sense, opines Brian Costello of the New York Post. Instead, of all the QBs the Jets could pursue this offseason, Buccaneers backup and pending free agent Mike Glennon is the likeliest, posits Costello. Conversely, if the 49ers’ Colin Kaepernick becomes available, it’s highly improbable the Jets would court him, per Costello. Owner Woody Johnson would have to sign off on that, and the President Donald Trump appointee’s political views don’t exactly jibe with the outspoken Kaepernick’s.
Like him,but playing
Like him,but kneeling here,across from the WTB would be disrespectful to us New Yorkers and those sock are unforgettable. He is not going to receive a warm welcome.
I watched much less football this year as I feel the sport has changed, less gladiator like and more safety conscious, which is good but less fun to watch. And the kneeling and thug like behavior is disgusting to watch. Had become a very individualized sport and less about the team. With great gritty players like favre and manning and Curtis Martin and Tomlinson, and Calvin and players like that who where phenomenal and cared about the team and didn’t cause controversy no where to be found for the most part, and players like kap and Marshall and cry babies like cutler and Brady and the all round thug behavior like Beckham and many many others more abundant in the game, football is no longer football. If the jets get kap, that will be the last straw and I’m sure I wouldn’t be the only one.