Keegs

Can anyone tell me now who the free agents are?

I'm not whining in this thread about the loss so it may get no responses, but i would like to know who is going to be a FA now that our season is over.

thanks. I looked briefly but did not see a thread on this.

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MoLewisrocks

Pending the outcome of CBA negotiations, technically there will be no FA unless a new CBA is agreed to. There has also been some talk that if a lockout occurs and it drags into the summer the owners will negotiate some sort of stipulation that FA will be postponed until 2012 with all eligible 2011 FA being given some sort of one time salary increase to compensate for the lack of FA. The theory being that if they given the number of FA due to the rules of the expiring CBA delaying FA for many in 2010, if they try to have a FA period prior to going back to work - say in July or August or even later, it will just create chaos and none of the players will have time to assimilate with new teams, etc. And the union would theoretically agree because a flooded last minute FA market under a new cap might not yield the kind of contracts they'd expect to see anyway.

KoolAid

It would be crazy if there was no FA and they just started playing games.

Logan Mankins would still be a year away from free agency, that would suck for him.

MoLewisrocks

Which is why with a lockout looming it was incumbant on players like himself to get a deal done rather than roll the dice and face the potential of losing out on two seasons of peak compensation...

Keegs

thanks.

2010

CB Kyle Arrington
S Josh Barrett
RB Kevin Faulk
K Shayne Graham
RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis
OL Matt Light
OL Logan Mankins
S Brandon McGowan
RB Sammy Morris
OL Quinn Ojinnaka
S Jarrad Page
RB Fred Taylor
DL Gerard Warren
LB Tracy White

Not too horrible. i would say we definitely need to keep BJGE, Arrington, and Mankins.

Page, McGowan, Faulk and Light would be nice too but maybe its time to move on from them. Light can be great and he can be wildly irritating. The false start penalties are something i will never understand.

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jmt57

If I recall correctly Arrington is an ERFA, and BJGE is a RFA, so it should be easier to retain them.

KoolAid

It is also nice to have a wealth of draft picks with all of the uncertainty, we can at least add talent from the college ranks if there is no free agency.

MoLewisrocks

For comparison purposes here are the JETS pending FA:


Kellen Clemens, QB
Braylon Edwards, WR
Santonio Holmes, WR
Brad Smith, KR
Antonio Cromartie, CB
Wayne Hunter, OT
Shaun Ellis, DE
Trevor Pryce, DE
David Harris, LB
Lance Laury, LB
Drew Coleman, CB
Eric Smith, CB
Brodney Pool, S
James Ihedegbo, S
Nick Folk, PK
Steve Weatherford, P

The JETS are currently estimated at $117M in cap cost for 2011 without re-signing any of those players. When the cap returns it will likely be in the $135M vacinity. The JETS are currently guesstimated to be picking 30th in round one and round three of the 2011 draft with no second round pick due to the Cromartie trade...

mgteich

Where are we in cap cost (and are the recently signed included in that number)?