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Jets to re-sign running back Bilal Powell, per source
Dom Cosentino | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com By Dom Cosentino | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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on March 10, 2015 at 11:48 AM, updated March 10, 2015 at 12:14 PM
The Jets are hanging on to another one of their own.
Running back Bilal Powell, who was due to become an unrestricted free agent in a few hours, has agreed in principle to a deal that will keep him with the Jets, according to a person with knowledge of the negotiations. That person spoke to NJ Advance Media on condition of anonymity because a deal cannot be signed until 4 p.m. on Tuesday.
Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Powell, a Jet since being drafted in the 2011 fourth round, was kind of the odd-man out in the Jets' three-headed running back rotation last year, though former head coach Rex Ryan often talked highly of him. With Chris Johnson and Chris Ivory carrying the bulk of the load, Powell rushed just 33 times for 141 yards and one touchdown. He also had 11 catches for 92 yards. The versatile Powell is known for being solid in pass protection. He also has zero lost fumbles on 399 career touches (two kickoff returns, 332 rushes, 65 catches). He's fumbled twice in his career, but the Jets retained possession both times.
Johnson, who was shot in the shoulder over the weekend in a fatal drive-by shooting, will not be back.
The Jets had re-signed inside linebacker David Harris on Friday, before he could hit free agency. They've also tendered nose tackle Damon Harrison and safety Jaiquawn Jarrett, their only two restricted free agents.
Dom Cosentino may be reached at dcosentino@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @domcosentino. Find NJ.com Jets on Facebook.
Dom Cosentino | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com By Dom Cosentino | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Email the author | Follow on Twitter
on March 10, 2015 at 11:48 AM, updated March 10, 2015 at 12:14 PM
The Jets are hanging on to another one of their own.
Running back Bilal Powell, who was due to become an unrestricted free agent in a few hours, has agreed in principle to a deal that will keep him with the Jets, according to a person with knowledge of the negotiations. That person spoke to NJ Advance Media on condition of anonymity because a deal cannot be signed until 4 p.m. on Tuesday.
Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Powell, a Jet since being drafted in the 2011 fourth round, was kind of the odd-man out in the Jets' three-headed running back rotation last year, though former head coach Rex Ryan often talked highly of him. With Chris Johnson and Chris Ivory carrying the bulk of the load, Powell rushed just 33 times for 141 yards and one touchdown. He also had 11 catches for 92 yards. The versatile Powell is known for being solid in pass protection. He also has zero lost fumbles on 399 career touches (two kickoff returns, 332 rushes, 65 catches). He's fumbled twice in his career, but the Jets retained possession both times.
Johnson, who was shot in the shoulder over the weekend in a fatal drive-by shooting, will not be back.
The Jets had re-signed inside linebacker David Harris on Friday, before he could hit free agency. They've also tendered nose tackle Damon Harrison and safety Jaiquawn Jarrett, their only two restricted free agents.
Dom Cosentino may be reached at dcosentino@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @domcosentino. Find NJ.com Jets on Facebook.
Yawn!! I like Powell, but this team needs new, BETTER talent. Signing our guys from a garbage year doesn't excite me. Spiller would have been a nice upgrade.
I'd rather have Spiller. Not sure who most Jets fans love Powell. IMHO, he is very average
Lets see what a new OC can do with him. I am sure Gailey had some say in the decision and he coached Spiller.
I mainly liked Spillers speed. I'm sure Spiller wants to be the guy as well. Losing Harvin we are losing speed.
The one thing about Powell is he is much better than Chris Johnson. CJ killed us last year so we have improved our offense by getting Marshall and getting Powell on the field more.
Yippie!
Did we re-sign Little John Flowers too?
Did we re-sign Little John Flowers too?
This ^^^^^
Little John Flowers? Not even close but if if it fits your pessimistic agenda OIK cool.
Bilal Powell
I don't have a pessimistic agenda. I have a realist agenda. When the franchise does something right I'm accused of being an optimist because I have nothing but love for them, but when we're sitting on 40+ million in cap space and the best we can do is James Carpenter and re-signing a third string RB, I'm gonna call a spade a spade, and so far (like last year) this is a major disappointment. I went into this expecting so much more, and I know I'm not the only one.
Good deal ! Powell is an underused back on this squad. Maybe now with CJ-no-k gone Powell will get a chance to show something.
Not true, I was extremely complimentary of the Brandon Marshall trade and congratulated Mac on pulling off the NFL's version of the Lufthansa heist.
What I've been down on is the way free agency has gone thus far, because I know with 50+ million we all expected more, and I'm not gonna pretend that we didn't. The Marshall trade was a great start before free agency kicked off, sadly its been all downhill (so far) since then.
A nice signing to compliment Ivory.
I think we still need a "scat-speed" back since we lost Harvin (ala Spiller, Sproles).
A back that can catch the football and make it to the edge on sweeps / reverses.
Perhaps that void will be filled through the draft and or free agency.
I think we still need a "scat-speed" back since we lost Harvin (ala Spiller, Sproles).
A back that can catch the football and make it to the edge on sweeps / reverses.
Perhaps that void will be filled through the draft and or free agency.
Just a thought, Turbo, but with all of this cap space that no-one seems to want, why didn't we just make a run at DeMarco Murray and let Ivory compliment him?
Then we would have had a one-two punch reminiscent of Freeman McNeil and Johnny Hector.