When you consider the Jets salary cap issues, this trade might not appear as fantastic as first blush.
Right now the 2015 NFL salary cap is
$143.28 million.
The Jets cap number right now is
$145.3 million.
http://overthecap.com/salary-cap/new-york-jets/
So the Jets are also 17 million dollars in salary over the CAP right NOW with an actual dollar figure of
$160.6 million.
The Jets are going to need to make some hard decisions just to get down to the current allowed Cap number. And they sure as hell can't afford to give Wilkerson a raise this season. And that's exactly why he's threatening to Hold Out and has missed OTAs so far.
Before any raises - Wilkerson counts for 6.9m against the Jets cap.
The Patriots have a chance to offer the Jets draft picks to give them salary cap relief, and then lock Wilkerson into a long term deal.
Win-win. Jets become cap compliant, and we add a talent who can contribute to our defense right away. Another winning part of this potential trade -- Revis' 16m dollar cap number essentially might force the Jets to trade away Wilkerson.