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Wow, I was just looking at the Jets salary cap situation next year, and it's among the worst I've ever seen.
Assuming the cap is 120 (although it may be 125), here's how it breaks down:
They are currently at about $138.3M, roughly $18M over the cap.
The Jets will probably make the following cuts: Bart Scott (frees up $7M), Calvin Pace (frees up 8.5M), and Wayne Hunter (frees up $4M). That gets to roughly around the cap, or maybe with a little extra cash, although that doesn't replace Scott or Pace either.
They can't really cut anyone else of note, as there is little cap savings. Santonio Holmes and Antonio Cromartie, for example, would still count $10M against the cap even if cut. It looks like the Jets just threw everyone's big payday into 2013.
So, assuming they make those three cuts, and they have a little extra money, they now have the following free agents, along with Hunter, Scott, and Pace:
Brandon Moore
Dustin Keller
Mike DeVito
Shonn Greene
Matt Slauson
Aaron Maybin
Ropati Pitoitua
Jay Richardson
Laron Landry
Yeremiah Bell
Stephon Heyer
They'll need to replace most of them with some real bottom of the barrel players (that Rex will surely hype up if he's still around.)
Considering that the Jets have virtually no other youth coming in to restock there talent that we know of, they better pray that Coples and Hill pan out to be huge stars. I'm sure they will try to restructure contracts to free up money, but any way you look at it, they are in big, big trouble. They've spent all of their money on a core of selfish players who don't play as big as their paychecks. Does anyone think Sanchez, Harris, Cromartie, and Holmes are worth a $50M cap hit!
New York Jets Salary Cap
New York Jets Salary Cap
By comparison, the Pats are currently at $100M in cap value, $38M less tied up than the NYJs, with this free agent list. Even if Welker gets a big contract, the gap is still huge.
Brian Hoyer
Danny Woodhead
Deion Branch
Donte' Stallworth
Wes Welker
Donald Thomas
Brian Waters
Trevor Scott
Niko Koutouvides
Will D. Allen
Assuming the cap is 120 (although it may be 125), here's how it breaks down:
They are currently at about $138.3M, roughly $18M over the cap.
The Jets will probably make the following cuts: Bart Scott (frees up $7M), Calvin Pace (frees up 8.5M), and Wayne Hunter (frees up $4M). That gets to roughly around the cap, or maybe with a little extra cash, although that doesn't replace Scott or Pace either.
They can't really cut anyone else of note, as there is little cap savings. Santonio Holmes and Antonio Cromartie, for example, would still count $10M against the cap even if cut. It looks like the Jets just threw everyone's big payday into 2013.
So, assuming they make those three cuts, and they have a little extra money, they now have the following free agents, along with Hunter, Scott, and Pace:
Brandon Moore
Dustin Keller
Mike DeVito
Shonn Greene
Matt Slauson
Aaron Maybin
Ropati Pitoitua
Jay Richardson
Laron Landry
Yeremiah Bell
Stephon Heyer
They'll need to replace most of them with some real bottom of the barrel players (that Rex will surely hype up if he's still around.)
Considering that the Jets have virtually no other youth coming in to restock there talent that we know of, they better pray that Coples and Hill pan out to be huge stars. I'm sure they will try to restructure contracts to free up money, but any way you look at it, they are in big, big trouble. They've spent all of their money on a core of selfish players who don't play as big as their paychecks. Does anyone think Sanchez, Harris, Cromartie, and Holmes are worth a $50M cap hit!
New York Jets Salary Cap
New York Jets Salary Cap
By comparison, the Pats are currently at $100M in cap value, $38M less tied up than the NYJs, with this free agent list. Even if Welker gets a big contract, the gap is still huge.
Brian Hoyer
Danny Woodhead
Deion Branch
Donte' Stallworth
Wes Welker
Donald Thomas
Brian Waters
Trevor Scott
Niko Koutouvides
Will D. Allen
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