if its uncapped the only free agent the jets would have thats worth a dam is braylon edwards which means most of the team could be held together
Not sure, but if we let Cromartie go, then wouldn't that allow us to sign a CB anyway? Asomugha and Revis would be the best CB tandem in history, I don't know how teams can just avoid throwing to their top 2 WRs all game. All things remaining equal from last year, perhaps a pickup of a pass rusher or at least a cover linebacker and I don't see how we don't win a super bowl.
Cromarties not an UFA. Hes a RFA. And we already tendered him for a 1st and 3rd round pick. Which means if its an uncapped year, there is 0 chance of us letting him go due to the fact that we already tendered him which means in this scenario there would be a 100% chance of him being under contract for us (either that or being traded) So to answer your question no. Thus the only (realistic) way we could get Aso in an uncapped year is if we trade Cromartie AND if Aso is not covered by the final 8 restrictions.
That sucks, it is typical Jets luck that they make the title game 2 straight years and are screwed by these rules.
If it's true that we'd be able to keep all our guys then I like the final 8 rules this year but the uncapped year would only be for this year and our FAs aren't going to take 1 year deals so I don't see how we would be able to keep all of them especially w/ non final 8 teams ready to spend big $$.
The rfa tenders would effectiely be like getting most of our FAs on cheap 1 year deals assuming the rules are similar enough to this year. And while Edwards has not been given a tender, we would save enough money to easily resign him, assuming he's not completley out of his mind
okay, so who do we cut at the end of the 2011 season, for the 2012 season? lets play the cap game again for next year.
what makes you think anyone is going to spend big $?last year was uncapped and the union was complaining about collusion due to the lack of big money signings.with the uncertainty of the labor agreement going forward i would bet the owners will be just as conservative this year as they were last year. an uncapped year would be great for us.edwards would get locked up long term and holmes and cro would play another one year deal with the tender offer.
Agreed. The Final 8 rules are a minor setback when compared to the opportunity to re-sign our RFAs and free up money for Braylon.
Our RFAs have no choice but to take one year deals or sit out the year. If the year is uncapped, however, I'd imagine we attempt to give longer term deals to several players. We could conceivably save money on Holmes, and consider keeping Cromartie on at a single year deal and counting on Wilson to improve enough to take over in 2012.
If the salary cap stays the same, how much would we have in cap space like ~30 million right? Since we may not be able to sign free agents, I think it would be wise for the Jets to give big money up front to Holmes and Edwards. That way, we can preserve space for the future while keeping those guys in the fold for a long time.
Really, the biggest difference between last year and this year would be the fact that so many of our RFAs were under contract last year and couldn't be extended due to the 30% rule. Even as RFAs, the 30% rule doesn't apply any longer, as they'd be entering into NEW contracts in an uncapped year. Last year, we had no chance to re-sign so many players. This year, they're all ok to deal with.
Well if you're a restricted free agent, isn't any contract you sign (whether it's a tender, offer sheet or long term deal) a new contract?
Uncapped year expect Al Davis to throw alot of money at Asomugha one year deal. Revis seeing Asomugha recieved more money than him, holds out again this offseason for a better deal.
Yes. The point is, we didn't have the same caliber RFAs we do this year. Edwards was the only major RFA last year, and the team opted for a one year further tryout. We had plenty of guys on the final year of their contracts we'd have liked to deal with.
