Now you have me wondering if I'm misremembering, but I could swear I remember players on the exclusive rights tag signing a new deal with their team during the season. I took a quick look at the rules I could find and didn't see anything about ineligibility to negotiate with their current team, only with other teams. And honestly I don't care enough to keep looking, maybe someone else does.
Seems like that kind of tweet is borderline unethical. If, however, it's not unethical, then it's just common sense to send it. As a client, I would absolutely want my agent sending such a tweet so I could convey that exact information while keeping my own nose clean.
honestly, I think it’s the Jets who deserve the criticism here. Maye has been a very good player for us, we have the cap room…if we want to change the culture and NOT be the SOJ, then he should’ve been signed. We have a bad track record of not signing the very few good players we draft, and there’s always a fucking excuse. With Maye, it’s that he’s too old. I call complete bullshit. We have the cap room. We need all the good players we can get. He’s been a good player. Until we show otherwise…it’s the SOJ until we do different. Ok…he’s 28. Fine. Get a three year deal done…it should have happened.
Well. I think we can determine if it's unethical or not on our own. I think it is, but I don't see anything against the rules about it unless you're alluding to it being tampering?
Yeah, I can't disagree with that. I was cool with giving him a 4-year deal. It did not happen, he signed his tag, and has seemed to have a bad attitude about it ever since. It's a new era. A new regime. The Jets don't need a guy acting like that while they are paying him $10.6 million. It's a bad look to me. I get they brought it on themselves, but still. I would be surprised if a trade doesn't happen now. The writing is on the wall, and the team is clearly going nowhere in 2021.
JD wasn't gonna re-sign Maye anyway so, I hope he takes the time to finalize his off field affairs and gets ready for his next team. I wish Maye well but I have a feeling he'll be as successful as most X-Jets.
Should try to trade him for the comp pick equivalent they'd get in FA considering the Jets are most likely going to spend enough to not get the comp pick.
I think Jets fans (and probably Maye's agent and Maye himself) grossly over-rate his performance and potential in the NFL. He is, when healthy (which is to say about half the time), an average starting safety in the NFL.
Which makes him better than at least 85% of the guys on this team. How can even a good team afford to constantly lose their top players?
If I’m 28 I’m not looking for a 3 year contract. That’s a 1 with an option in nfl terms. I want a 5 year deal that gives me 3 year in one place . If I’m a gm I’m not looking to sign a 28 y.o. safety to a 5 year deal. Too many years of he starts slowing down after 2. I dont think what you say joe should have done was a viable option for maye to take. It does take 2 sides.
i think he’s better than just average…but even if he’s only slightly better, we still should have signed him. we fucking suck. We need all the good players we can get. ESPECIALLY ones we actually drafted, so we can start changing the culture. Letting him go because he’s may not be a top three safety in the league only to have us need to replace him is stupid. not how to build a team. Can’t understand that argument of “well, he’s not a top guy so let’s just let h8. Go and not sign him”. It just means we need to keep filling holes
I think the Jets can fill the loss of a late-20's, average safety, who didn't demonstrate enough locker room influence to be voted a team captain despite being the longest-tenured defensive player at a much lower cost, with a younger player, and with less potential for disruptive contract negotions. I have nothing against the guy, but just trying to be objective. I disagree with the value some claim he represents to a rebuilding franchise.
Maye is an above average starting safety in this league and proved in back to back years he can play either spot effectively. He's great at free safety, can cover man to man and is solid if he needs to flip down in the box. He doesn't let up big plays as a free safety. His only downside is he's ok to below average at picking balls off when he has a shot to do. What more do you want? I'm completely clueless as to why we didn't pay him and now why we want to drive him out. Along with Crowder as well. This better be some 2021 + 2022 draft class we've compiled. The Maye injury is obviously horseshit.
They can’t negotiate now. Once the deadline passes he has to play on the tag and can’t sign a contract till next offseason.
Not surprising. The one sole truth around the New York Jets is that there is no such thing as "rock bottom". If he's that hurt, then sit him out the rest of the season. We'll be 0-whatever by that point, so might as well get some younger players some playing time and experience. And, if this is a "negotiating" tactic by Maye and his agents, then call his bluff. Let him sit the year and don't trade him. I'm getting absolutely sick of seeing this franchise trade away its best players. At this point, I'd rather send the message that we're done being held hostage by players and their agents and simply let him walk at the end of the year. Surely he'll be disappointed when he finds out he doesn't command as much on the open market as he thinks he will.
I think Maye is definitely above average but his age is what makes it tricky. He's right about at the age where guys at speed-dependent positions start to decline. Odds are we could get about 2 more good years out of him but given that he wants a 4 year deal we'd likely end up regretting it about halfway through.
The hits keep coming. The Jets will be lucky to have Douglas pulled the same crap with Robby Anderson, told him to see if could get a better deal and he did. This penny wise and pound foolish routine is exasperating.
