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The New York Jets and Denver Broncos continue to make moves.
Shortly after sending out-of-favor QB Zach Wilson to Mile High, Joe Douglas has agreed to give George Paton a hand again by sending DE John Franklin-Myers as well in return for a 2026 sixth-round pick.
Franklin-Myers then agreed to restructure his two-year contract with the Broncos.
Notably, this isn’t exactly great news for the Jets, financial-wise.
As pointed out by ESPN insider Rich Cimini (via Over The Cap), the Jets now have roughly $52 million in dead cap space, which is equivalent to roughly 20% of the entire cap.
The #Jets have an obscene amount of dead cap space — $43M before the JFM trade. It’ll be about $52M when JFM is added, roughly 20% of the entire cap + among the leaders in dead space.
Tomlinson: $10.7M
JFM: $9.1M
Zach Wilson: $8.5M
Source: Over the Cap
— Rich Cimini (@RichCimini) April 28, 2024
That includes Laken Tomlinson’s $10.7 million, Franklin-Myers’ $9.1 million, and Zach Wilson’s $8.5 million.
The Jets are bracing themselves to compete and win now, not in the future.
Still, this is a dangerous game to play, and with Aaron Rodgers coming off a major injury and not getting any younger, it could come back to haunt them for years to come.
Granted, Franklin-Myers wasn’t exactly an integral part of Robert Saleh’s defense, playing juts 56% of the snaps during his four-year tenure in Gotham, so losing him won’t move the needle much, at least from a football standpoint.
But Joe Douglas is walking on thin ice here.
The Jets need to make a deep postseason run this season for him and Saleh to hold onto their jobs, and while they have everything they need to do so, we’ve seen how things have panned out for this organization in the past.
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