After a systematic roster purge created some cap room for the Jets, they are showing “lots of interest” in using some of it on Nick Perry. The sixth-year edge player and the Jets could strike a deal before free agency officially opens on Thursday afternoon, Connor Hughes of NJ.com reports.
Hughes iterates the Jets are not the only team in the running for Perry, who is PFR’s No. 1-rated edge defender in free agency. The Jets are the first team, though, to emerge as a Perry suitor. With the likes of Chandler Jones, Jason Pierre-Paul and Melvin Ingram being franchise-tagged, however, Perry (27 in April) should be in position to command a quality deal in his second foray onto the open market.
Perry signed a one-year pact with the Packers last year and responded with an 11-sack contract campaign. The former first-round pick had just 12.5 sacks combined in his previous four seasons in Green Bay.
The Jets are up to $33MM-plus in salary cap space after sitting over the cap in late February. They don’t have a lot of edge-rushing depth, with young players Lorenzo Mauldin and Jordan Jenkins residing on the outside in a rebuilding defense. They combined for just five sacks in 2016.
cant remember the last time we had an effective edge rusher
are the packers still in or did Thompson chicken out like he dose in FREE AGENCY
Excellent case of draft and develop. You draft a guy out of position, move him several times, he finally breaks thru and you let him walk. What good is draft and develop if you always let them leave. Thompson is the worst.
Ted Thompson says goodbye
Oh how exciting going from the Packers to the Jets. Greed over winning! Hope he likes losing each week
That’s funny coming from the team who’s quarterback said if Mike Glennon gets a $15 mil a year contract, that his contract will need to be re-evaluated by the packers.
Well that’s what happens when the team has an actual QB starting for them…
He had one good year, his walk year. Jets will regret giving him big $
Yep. Let him walk. Typical player who plays hard in a contract year. He’ll regress to his mediocre numbers once he signs a big payday