While I’ve been doing a lot of work and Tiger returned, my New York Jets made a lot of news.
1) Chris Baker, who I’ve previously called the most underrated tight end in football, was let go by the team. With the emergence of Dustin Keller and Bubba Franks as the second stringer, Baker’s role was diminished and he was unhappy last season. While a new quarterback is coming to town, possibly, for the 2009 season, it is clear that his role was to be permanently diminished for some seasons to come.
2) Mike Nugent and the Jets parted ways last week, as it was clear the Jets enjoyed Jay Feely and his kicking after they signed him early in the 2008 injury when Nugent got hurt. Even though Feely was a little spotty at times, I don’t mind this removal as he did make his last 14.
3) And then there’s the letting go of Laveranues Coles — the Jets save around $6 million in cap space by restructuring his contract and letting him go — it was on good terms (Coles hasn’t ruled out coming back to the Jets). According to both sides there is a possiblilty of Coles returning to the Jets but they needed the added money and they wanted to let Coles, who has been disgruntled recently, test the free agent market.
It’s a sad day for Jets fans as we’ve come to know and love Coles, but hopefully this all works out for the better.
On a completely unrelated NFL topic there’s a new blog to check out: The Grey Hoodie
P.S. Free agency started at midnight, so we’ll see what the Jets do. Stay tuned to this blog for all the latest on NFL Free Agency and the Jets’ expected numerous moves.
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