Giving a guy money before he’s actually done anything for the team is kinda silly. Especially when he’s been in a notorious slump.

True, but “sign and trade” or “trade and re-sign” are pretty common throughout sports.

My guess is the Jets may have told him that this is a football team first, and a job second, and that if he plays team first, he’ll get his $$, and if he doesn’t, it’ll be a tough road.. Cause he sounded pretty coached during the press conference yesterday as far as “i’ll be blocking and drawing coverage” which is certainly team-first mentality.

But I still think if you trade off 2 players and 2 picks, for the 3rd pick of a draft (from a few years ago) you might want to try to lock him in for more than 12 games. And aside from the guaranteed money, player contracts are worth less than the paper they are drafted on.. its easy to cut a guy in the middle of a contract, or trade him, or whatever.

Last thought: I hope that Rex Ryan’s name starts to float around the NFL as a players coach that gets the job done, fun to play for, great guy, and we start to get veterans FAs looking to the Jets, even at a lesser paycheck to come play here.. Kris Jenkins basically said he never wants to play for another coach than Ryan, so……

Thanks for the info…

I just looked up RFA on wikipedia, and it mentions that if you make a qualifying offer of $2.56M a year and the player signs with another team, that team needs to compensate with a 1st and 3rd rounder. Braylon would almost certainly be above this $ amount, so I guess the Jets can see if they can “upgrade” their 3rd and 5th round picks (which went to Cleveland) to a 1st and 3rd rounder, and if not, get to keep Braylon for 4-5 years. I think getting a 1st and 3rd means you traded 2 players (Stuckey and Trusnik) and a 5th rounder for a 1st round pick, which can be used to acquire a franchise WR if we are unable to find another in free agency.

i dont see any teams willing to give up a 1st and 3rd for Braylon. If they were, he would have been traded there long before we got him. So I guess as a RFA he isnt going anywhere…

Leon might be another story!

Haha.. thanks. Too late on that one.. But when a ticket to a game costs like $150 and you can get a jersey for $80, its really not that big of a deal. Since I live outside of NY now, I don’t mind picking up some Jets gear each year since I’m not paying for tickets. But at least my Keyshawn Johnson jersey has some company now. And I used to have another jersey, and I have no idea whose it was (maybe Glenn Foley), that my wife cut up to make our dog a Jets jersey in 2003.

Haha.. thanks. Too late on that one.. But when a ticket to a game costs like $150 and you can get a jersey for $80, its really not that big of a deal. Since I live outside of NY now, I don’t mind picking up some Jets gear each year since I’m not paying for tickets. But at least my Keyshawn Johnson jersey has some company now. And I used to have another jersey, and I have no idea whose it was (maybe Glenn Foley), that my wife cut up to make our dog a Jets jersey in 2003.The good news is that my other two retired/ex-Jets are Chrebet and Martin, which I’ll wear forever. The Favre jersey is currently sitting in my goodwill pile, so it’ll find a new home with someone who doesn’t know any better. Oh, I also have a Sanchez jersey, but so far so good.