Sivy

Ok, maybe last year the earned their wc spot..but everyone knows the year before that they were gifted a playoff spot.

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Joker

uh...I'm a HUGE Pats homer and I predicted 8-8 last season..at best..for the Pats. I also predicted the Jets would win the division easily. I was wrong.The Patriots won the division by THREE games over the consensus preseason favorite and YOU have the nerve to tell us to take the Jets more seriously?

where do you get this idea from???..your cat???

CheekyDave

Looks at calendar......

Hey its July! Time for the Jest to win the preseason!

Like daylight savings, taxes, death. Every year the same thing.

Enjoy yourself Jest fans! I hear you are guaranteed to win the superbowl again this year!

Deus Irae

They got into the playoffs. That's above average, pretty much by definition. The Patriots had better regular seasons and then bowed out without a single win in the playoffs.

Patriots fans used to laugh at the Colts fans about this stuff. Now, many of them are defending it. It's embarrassing to watch. The Jets suck, and they've got a bottom tier QB, but they've been better than the Patriots when it's mattered most during the past 2 seasons.

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jetophile

No worries. He'll smoke pot tonight to celebrate and be suspended all year.

Joker

The Niners just unloaded Nate Clements, their starting corner...WHY????

after all, these unbeatable Jets ,who did "better" than the Pats, even though they didn't play them TWO years ago by a stroke of luck, these Jets are the surefire guaranteed Aso winners and as, Rex has unequivocally stated, again,THE guaranteed Super Bowl winner THIS season.

Guess the Niners just decided to give in like the rest of the league and save some money...because the Jets have this...so nothing matters really

larek

jets beat us- what else can you say and there Gm is smart and creative something pats are not- -
Pats are becoming a playoff failure-- and i havnt been happy with Management for several years now

DaBruinz

Guaranteed bonuses are applied to the salary cap when they are paid.

However, if the contract is cut short and there is guaranteed money still in the contract, then it's paid out and hits the cap at the same time as any remaining salary cap amortization.

Brady_to_Moss

Any team could do this if they restructures players deals

TealSox

With their cap number, the only way they could re-sign Holmes is to backload the contract, guarantee a larger % of the money and re-work some other big contracts.

But we need not run around acting like the sky is falling...

Holmes isn't an improvement to the 2010 Jets because he was a Jet in 2010. There are still a bunch of guys and positions they need to address. Re-signing Holmes wasn't earth shaking, it was merely standard housekeeping by a team.

As mentioned, they still have Cromartie, Smith and Edwards exposed to sign elsewhere. The oft injured Kris Jenkins is done and Damien Woody has retired. Given that this Jets team had little to no depth to start with, they seem to be hoping that they can catch lightening in a bottle with a bunch of gambles paying off in short time.

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