What, if anything, would you be willing to give up for A.Peterson?

[Jet Setter]

Love your replies, Hyatt. You give your honest opinion. And you never know how a child will turn out. Parents can only do their best. I can only hope AP learned something because as I said from the beginning, I acknowledge different styles but I also understand that when dealing with a little child of four years old, you've got to find a better way than simply whooping him. Call me judgmental. I can't believe he had no better options than to resort to this.

As for female abuse that's another complicated topic. I think it has been thrust upon our culture due to the heavy doses of equality and our roles have been blurred. But that's another topic for the off-topic forum I imagine.

 

[HYATT™]

With that issue now out of the way, the question is;
What would you give to acquire Purple Jesus as a NJJ RB?
His 2015 salary is $15.4M, with $2M going to be charged to the Vikkys in any event, (signing bonus pro rata final year).
That leaves the acquiring team on the hook for $13.4M this year.
The $15M he is contracted for in 2016 and $17M in 2017 are NOT binding and the team can choose to walk away scott free after 2015 with no residual dead cap money.

This leaves a looming question of renegotiation hanging in the air.
Will he or won't he?
I ASSUME no team is going to accept that kind of contract money without a new agreement & certainly is not going to be willing to part with squat for draft picks for a 1 year rental - even if he is the best RB on Earth at this time.
(The thing is, AP can get his 2,000 yards WITHOUT OL help, he's THAT good.)

The current market value of such a RB is the tip of any iceberg.
BEAST MODE (2 years) will be getting $12M. Peterson is better than Lynch.
The next (6) top RBs are getting $8M, ON AVERAGE, and none of them is as good as Peterson either - in fact, only the next (4) play in the same talent ballpark even, and Murray is questionable as to whether it was him or that DAL OL that was so good.
Jamaal Charles - $9M (2 years)
Adrian Foster - $8.7M
LeSean McCoy - $8M
DeMarco Murray - $8M
Matt Forte - $7.6M
Jonathan Stewart - $7.3M

Now we must understand market forces.
Adrian Peterson exists in a free agent market that values his talent at in excess of $10M per season, even with his baggage, and that talent is LIKELY to last around 4 more years at least, based on the histories of such top backs.
Peterson has regularly missed a game or two each season, but his total production is rather constant over time - about 4.6 ypa with an additional few hundred receiving yards at 8+ ypa, thrown in for good measure.
This is a COMPLETE RB, without defect to his game, who can run inside, outside, across the middle as a receiver, and pound the living crap out of just about anyone who gets in his way - as evidenced by 2 plays in particular. (The total annihilation trucking of both William Gay and Al Harris a few years ago.)

In particular, as regards his prospects for this one season, he is probably in the best health he's been in for several years, due to the recovery time he's had resulting from his little Commissioner's List vacation.
That makes his $13M salary affordable - for a contender team, THIS season.
For a 1 year rental, a contender team, picking later in the draft, may even see that one year rental worth as high as a 5th round pick, (late 4th being almost equivalent to a high 5th rounder).
But that is where it all comes to a screeching halt - after 1 season.

Beyond that we will be in AP's territory and it will depend on how valuable he sees himself.
One thing HYATT™ does not see is the last (2) years of his current contract being paid by any team. Not even MIN intended to ever honor that last $32M portion of his 6 year/$86M contract, thought they could well afford it as Bilgewater's rookie deal runs through 2017 - or 2018, (with that new CBA 5th year option for 1st round picks).

HYATT™'s proposal would be honor his current $13M salary, (MIN still has to suck up that remaining $2M of signing bonus cap hit in any event, by league rules), offer up a high 6th or late 5th round pick to MIN to gain exclusive rights and not have to try to acquire him on the open market if they cut him and invalidate his contract, and open discussions on an incentive laden contract in place of the final 2 years of his current deal - topping out at or around that $9M/year mark that Jamaal Charles is getting from KC.
I don't see any club digging deeper than that, and Peterson SHOULD accept such a proposal.

His alternative is to go on the open market and play annual mercenary the way MEvis did, to finish out the career of a 30 year old RB - which actually may end up paying him more than the $10M/year average (over 3 years) that HYATT™ proposes.

At first glance it may SEEM like too much money, but the question you have to ask yourself is how much is too much to acquire a "difference maker"? - because All Day is All That, and more, for any decent QB and offense with a solid defense on the other side of the ball able to balance the team's attack.
AP CAN be the difference between just a playoff birth and an actual title, with a game manager like Fitzpatrick at the helm.
BEAST MODE should have taught y'all that much.

 

[Johnny Unite Us]

What he said ^^

 

[NYJDraftKing]

I would pass on Petersen. To costly as well as he would re-ignight the circus environment around the Jets. The circus has left town, let not keep bringing in more clowns.

 

[Jet Setter]

With that issue now out of the way, the question is;
What would you give to acquire Purple Jesus as a NJJ RB?
His 2015 salary is $15.4M, with $2M going to be charged to the Vikkys in any event, (signing bonus pro rata final year).
That leaves the acquiring team on the hook for $13.4M this year.
The $15M he is contracted for in 2016 and $17M in 2017 are NOT binding and the team can choose to walk away scott free after 2015 with no residual dead cap money.

This leaves a looming question of renegotiation hanging in the air.
Will he or won't he?
I ASSUME no team is going to accept that kind of contract money without a new agreement & certainly is not going to be willing to part with squat for draft picks for a 1 year rental - even if he is the best RB on Earth at this time.
(The thing is, AP can get his 2,000 yards WITHOUT OL help, he's THAT good.)

The current market value of such a RB is the tip of any iceberg.
BEAST MODE (2 years) will be getting $12M. Peterson is better than Lynch.
The next (6) top RBs are getting $8M, ON AVERAGE, and none of them is as good as Peterson either - in fact, only the next (4) play in the same talent ballpark even, and Murray is questionable as to whether it was him or that DAL OL that was so good.
Jamaal Charles - $9M (2 years)
Adrian Foster - $8.7M
LeSean McCoy - $8M
DeMarco Murray - $8M
Matt Forte - $7.6M
Jonathan Stewart - $7.3M

Now we must understand market forces.
Adrian Peterson exists in a free agent market that values his talent at in excess of $10M per season, even with his baggage, and that talent is LIKELY to last around 4 more years at least, based on the histories of such top backs.
Peterson has regularly missed a game or two each season, but his total production is rather constant over time - about 4.6 ypa with an additional few hundred receiving yards at 8+ ypa, thrown in for good measure.
This is a COMPLETE RB, without defect to his game, who can run inside, outside, across the middle as a receiver, and pound the living crap out of just about anyone who gets in his way - as evidenced by 2 plays in particular. (The total annihilation trucking of both William Gay and Al Harris a few years ago.)

In particular, as regards his prospects for this one season, he is probably in the best health he's been in for several years, due to the recovery time he's had resulting from his little Commissioner's List vacation.
That makes his $13M salary affordable - for a contender team, THIS season.
For a 1 year rental, a contender team, picking later in the draft, may even see that one year rental worth as high as a 5th round pick, (late 4th being almost equivalent to a high 5th rounder).
But that is where it all comes to a screeching halt - after 1 season.

Beyond that we will be in AP's territory and it will depend on how valuable he sees himself.
One thing HYATT™ does not see is the last (2) years of his current contract being paid by any team. Not even MIN intended to ever honor that last $32M portion of his 6 year/$86M contract, thought they could well afford it as Bilgewater's rookie deal runs through 2017 - or 2018, (with that new CBA 5th year option for 1st round picks).

HYATT™'s proposal would be honor his current $13M salary, (MIN still has to suck up that remaining $2M of signing bonus cap hit in any event, by league rules), offer up a high 6th or late 5th round pick to MIN to gain exclusive rights and not have to try to acquire him on the open market if they cut him and invalidate his contract, and open discussions on an incentive laden contract in place of the final 2 years of his current deal - topping out at or around that $9M/year mark that Jamaal Charles is getting from KC.
I don't see any club digging deeper than that, and Peterson SHOULD accept such a proposal.

His alternative is to go on the open market and play annual mercenary the way MEvis did, to finish out the career of a 30 year old RB - which actually may end up paying him more than the $10M/year average (over 3 years) that HYATT™ proposes.

At first glance it may SEEM like too much money, but the question you have to ask yourself is how much is too much to acquire a "difference maker"? - because All Day is All That, and more, for any decent QB and offense with a solid defense on the other side of the ball able to balance the team's attack.
AP CAN be the difference between just a playoff birth and an actual title, with a game manager like Fitzpatrick at the helm.
BEAST MODE should have taught y'all that much.

I was reading along where at the last sentence you suggest he pair with Fitz, meaning OUR team. As Johnny Mac coined, you can't be serious!

For that price and a pick when we've already lost three this offseason (2 in 15 and 1 in 16). And taking on his troubles for a brand new regime now that they've worked so hard to get rid of the circus? There's no way this happens. What about our cap space? We have around 7-8M remaining, max. We have to sign our dwindling draft class although it still retains rounds 1-4 although I'd assume you'd have to now give up our 3rd. And who do you plan to either cut and/or restructure? You'd have to find at minimum 10M as he's not budging at a pay cut so he's asking for a lot of coin. This for a likely 2-year rental. In spite of his sitting out last season, AP has a bit of mileage on those tires. And he's on the wrong side of 30.

I'm not even slightly convinced of this suggested move. The negatives (which you don't include) far outweigh the positives. Let's give a fair case here, shall we?

 

[HYATT™]

I was reading along where at the last sentence you suggest he pair with Fitz, meaning OUR team. As Johnny Mac coined, you can't be serious!

DEADLY SERIOUS!

For that price and a pick when we've already lost three this offseason (2 in 15 and 1 in 16). And taking on his troubles for a brand new regime now that they've worked so hard to get rid of the circus? There's no way this happens. What about our cap space? We have around 7-8M remaining, max. We have to sign our dwindling draft class although it still retains rounds 1-4 although I'd assume you'd have to now give up our 3rd. And who do you plan to either cut and/or restructure? You'd have to find at minimum 10M as he's not budging at a pay cut so he's asking for a lot of coin. This for a likely 2-year rental. In spite of his sitting out last season, AP has a bit of mileage on those tires. And he's on the wrong side of 30.

First of all the Jets wouldn't be giving up a 2015 draft pick, they'd be giving up a 2016 draft pick.
A pick, which based on perceived improvements this off season, SHOULD be in the middle of the rounds in 2016 and of little concern to the 2016 draft that late in that draft.

Name the last great Jets pick in Rd 4 or 5 of the NFL draft.
I'll save you the effort of looking it up.
It was Leon Washington in Rd 4 of the 2006 draft - and he the most talented Rd 4 or Rd 5 pick since Plan B Free Agency began in 1992.
It's a WASTE of a pick for the Jets, historically. (Kerley, Cotchery, Rhodes, & Lowery were also picked in Rd 4 - but you get the point here).

I'm not even slightly convinced of this suggested move. The negatives (which you don't include) far outweigh the positives. Let's give a fair case here, shall we?

What "negatives"?
Peterson's had his day in court & on the NFL Commissioner's List.
It's over, done with, all in the past.
The SECOND AP breaks a big gainer there isn't a Jets fan alive who'll shiv a git that he switched his kid a couple of years ago.
Sad commentary on society's moral perspectives but you know it's also a TRUE one.

Mileage?
Wot mileage?
He's had 21 more attempts in 8 years than BEAST MODE has had in the same period from 2007-2014 - but he's put up an extra 1,495 yards over Lynch's production in that time, not to mention 15 more rushing TDs & A 2,097 YARD SEASON.
Lynch has never cracked 1,600 yards, Peterson did it 2X.
Peterson, with the exception of last year, has NEVER failed to score at least 10 rushing TDs. Lynch has done it only 4X in 8 years.
Peterson is Tied for 7th in All-Time history for career average rushing yards per attempt, (5.0), with only Jamaal Charles actively leading that statistic, (5.5). (Vick as a QB, doesn't count.)
Lynch isn't even living in the same country in that category, at 4.2 ypa.

If we were discussing Steven Jackson or Frank Gore, the only 2 active RBs with more yardage than Peterson, you MIGHT have a point, but we aren't.
We are talking about THE absolute premier rushing RB in the NFL in this generation, coming off a complete year of rest & reconditioning as fresh as the daisies in springtime - ready to prove to the NFL that he's ba-a-a-a-ck, with a vengeance
You couldn't pick a more opportune time to trade for a generational player.
Every HoFer out there at the RB position had at least 50% more attempts & barely 20% more yardage on them before they ran down . Peterson still has another 1,000 carries to go - more in the case of players like Sweetness & the other nine in the Top 10 All-Time.
If that doesn't sound like a GREAT 3 year investment, there is no such deal to ever be made.

 

[Jet Setter]

What "negatives"?
Peterson's had his day in court & on the NFL Commissioner's List.
It's over, done with, all in the past.
The SECOND AP breaks a big gainer there isn't a Jets fan alive who'll shiv a git that he switched his kid a couple of years ago.
Sad commentary on society's moral perspectives but you know it's also a TRUE one.

Mileage?
Wot mileage?
He's had 21 more attempts in 8 years than BEAST MODE has had in the same period from 2007-2014 - but he's put up an extra 1,495 yards over Lynch's production in that time, not to mention 15 more rushing TDs & A 2,097 YARD SEASON.
Lynch has never cracked 1,600 yards, Peterson did it 2X.
Peterson, with the exception of last year, has NEVER failed to score at least 10 rushing TDs. Lynch has done it only 4X in 8 years.
Peterson is Tied for 7th in All-Time history for career average rushing yards per attempt, (5.0), with only Jamaal Charles actively leading that statistic, (5.5). (Vick as a QB, doesn't count.)
Lynch isn't even living in the same country in that category, at 4.2 ypa.

If we were discussing Steven Jackson or Frank Gore, the only 2 active RBs with more yardage than Peterson, you MIGHT have a point, but we aren't.
We are talking about THE absolute premier rushing RB in the NFL in this generation, coming off a complete year of rest & reconditioning as fresh as the daisies in springtime - ready to prove to the NFL that he's ba-a-a-a-ck, with a vengeance
You couldn't pick a more opportune time to trade for a generational player.
Every HoFer out there at the RB position had at least 50% more attempts & barely 20% more yardage on them before they ran down . Peterson still has another 1,000 carries to go - more in the case of players like Sweetness & the other nine in the Top 10 All-Time.
If that doesn't sound like a GREAT 3 year investment, there is no such deal to ever be made.

I gave you the negatives: money, pick, age. I'll pass.

He's logged just over 10,000 yards. Just over 30. I don't agree with the pick compensation as I believe not only will it be higher but this year's. On top of that, the money will be at least 10M - we don't have that kind of cash and lastly, something I didn't mention, what about Ivory? You going to split carries among them or sit one for extended periods? Gailey has shown to prefer one-back sets.

I don't see how this can work but thanks for building your case.

 

[HYATT™]

I gave you the negatives: money, pick, age. I'll pass.

Money the Jets have in abundance this season, with ZERO risk going forward in 2016 & 2017.

Draft pick in NEXT year's draft - again, one of many and an historically insignificant late one at that.

Age? Age is just a number. Frank Gore is 2 years older, rushed for over 1,100 yards last season, and has been MORE productive over his last 4 seasons than he was in his first six. (45% of his TDs were scored over the past 4 seasons and he had an off year last year.)

All 3 of those reasons are not LOGICAL ones.
Care to try again, or is this just a "morality" issue with you?
It certainly isn't a logical one, based on every metric that matters in professional football.

HYATT™ suggests we leave the morality issues to the priests and preachers and discuss what's good for the sport, & the Jets team in particular, instead.

 

[hobson54]

HYATT - the jets no longer have an abundance of available money for this year.

according to the below link, we have $12.3MM of available cap space. AP has a $12.75 million guaranteed contract for this year. we'd be over the cap if we added him and still have to sign the entire draft class.

now obviously other moves can be made to free up space, but we can't "easily" work him into the team's salary structure, especially if we want to keep money available to extend mo and deal with snacks (especially if another team signs him to a tender offer).

http://overthecap.com/salary-cap-space

 

[Jet Setter]

Money the Jets have in abundance this season, with ZERO risk going forward in 2016 & 2017.

Draft pick in NEXT year's draft - again, one of many and an historically insignificant late one at that.

Age? Age is just a number. Frank Gore is 2 years older, rushed for over 1,100 yards last season, and has been MORE productive over his last 4 seasons than he was in his first six. (45% of his TDs were scored over the past 4 seasons and he had an off year last year.)

All 3 of those reasons are not LOGICAL ones.
Care to try again, or is this just a "morality" issue with you?
It certainly isn't a logical one, based on every metric that matters in professional football.

HYATT™ suggests we leave the morality issues to the priests and preachers and discuss what's good for the sport, & the Jets team in particular, instead.

I've been talking strictly business the past several posts...you don't have to interject morality because I haven't been. That was already discussed.

Where are you getting 10M+ this year? I understand we are 12M under the cap and this is before rookie signings which doesn't equate to too much. But AP has said he won't take a pay cut from his 13/15M number. That's a big number.
And what about next year? Wilkerson, Richardson and Coples are all FA's.

And while age is indeed just a number, the number 30 is a dreadful one for RB's. AP is exceptional and could go on for 3 more solid years for all we know but he could also fall off a cliff. Wouldn't be the first or last.

And what about Ivory? Is that not an issue at all?

 

[HYATT™]

I've been talking strictly business the past several posts...you don't have to interject morality because I haven't been. That was already discussed.

Where are you getting 10M+ this year? I understand we are 12M under the cap and this is before rookie signings which doesn't equate to too much. But AP has said he won't take a pay cut from his 13/15M number. That's a big number.
And what about next year? Wilkerson, Richardson and Coples are all FA's.

And while age is indeed just a number, the number 30 is a dreadful one for RB's. AP is exceptional and could go on for 3 more solid years for all we know but he could also fall off a cliff. Wouldn't be the first or last.

And what about Ivory? Is that not an issue at all?

Mini-mi (Breno) $4.5M
Giacomini is not the answer at RT. Colon is better and just about any rookie RT would be too.

Chris Ivory $2.75M.
Take a pay cut or take a hike Ivory, Peterson makes you not only expendable, but redundant, even as insurance. ($2.75M-$1.75M savings.)

Geno Smith's $1.3M is more of a liability than an asset as a backup QB.
If Fitz can't carry this team, the season is lost anyway and a rookie or Simms would serve equally as well.

The Jets adjusted 2015 salary cap, with rollover, is $156.1M, give or take a sheckle.
With ALL salaries considered, ($146M), not just the top 51 ($139.6M),
AND the projected rookie draft pick salary pool, ($5.6M),
(which are now a fixed number based on draft slot and which you THOUGHT were not in the remaining cap room yet, but in fact are accounted for),
the Jets STILL have a taco plate shy of $11M left to spend.
I've just pointed out an additional $7M available, without a significant loss of talent - unless you are a GeNOT lover - leaving the Jets nearly $18M to deal with Peterson.
Kriest, Mini-mi alone fixes that concern.

Things are tight, to be sure, but not so tight as they can't be overcome by any GM worth his salt.
Ask yourself if Thor, 'Brick, & Marshall are not without resources to chip in an additional $1M in restructuring each, in order to bring a quality RB like All Day to NJ.
No sir, money isn't even remotely an issue in the Adrian Peterson question.
Will power is.
Which is ALSO the reason why I asked about a morality issue underlying all these pretenses that there are other obstacles to acquiring AP.
HYATT™ understand NFL money - this is no issue.

What HYATT™ accepts but has never understood is the ability of people to convince themselves that they are NOT acting out from a moral perspective, even though they will find a thousand ways to cloak their true motivation in other pretenses that appeal to logic but are ultimately unfounded.
I guess HYATT™ has always been a bad liar - especially to himself.
Other people, not so much and in fact, find themselves to be the easiest people to lie to.
Not that I'm accusing you, mind you, just ASKING.

 

[Jet Setter]

You'd have to get more creative than that, unfortunately. Breno has 4.3 of his 5.1 guaranteed this year. On top of that, 1.25 accelerated from 2016. That wouldn't help. Ivory would save 2M this year. I don't know if you want to tie up more guaranteed money thru a DBrick extension. I'd keep the early exit option there with him for 2016 with a minimal, albeit 5M cap hit as he has an overall staggering 14M cap number in 2016.
And I don't see them cutting Geno, yet and you'd net 1M.

There aren't many options that I can see monetarily. I think you've seen the last of the big ticket items purchased this FA.

 

[HYATT™]

You'd have to get more creative than that, unfortunately. Breno has 4.3 of his 5.1 guaranteed this year. On top of that, 1.25 accelerated from 2016. That wouldn't help. Ivory would save 2M this year. I don't know if you want to tie up more guaranteed money thru a DBrick extension. I'd keep the early exit option there with him for 2016 with a minimal, albeit 5M cap hit as he has an overall staggering 14M cap number in 2016.
And I don't see them cutting Geno, yet and you'd net 1M.

There aren't many options that I can see monetarily. I think you've seen the last of the big ticket items purchased this FA.

I hadn't noticed the guaranteed money on Mini-mi.
My bad.
You, however, have inadvertently opened up an avenue that needs to be addressed.
Make 1 small assumption - the Jets do not get to pick a QB at #6.
It paves the avenue with the ability to take a starting LT instead.
'Brick is going to have to be addressed sooner or later, it may as well be sooner.
He has to know he's never going to see that $14M next year & in fact knows he's on the downside of his career already.
His best prospects remain in staying with the Jets, even at a very much reduced salary.
None of that "restructure bonus" money was guaranteed by the way.
The Jets could cut him, as a veteran he doesn't have to pass through waivers & the contract will then be voided, and re-sign him to a significantly reduced contract the next day.

The details aren't THAT important to this particular discussion.
The IDEA that a GM can find ways to get creative, is.

 

[Jet Setter]

I hadn't noticed the guaranteed money on Mini-mi.
My bad.
You, however, have inadvertently opened up an avenue that needs to be addressed.
Make 1 small assumption - the Jets do not get to pick a QB at #6.
It paves the avenue with the ability to take a starting LT instead.
'Brick is going to have to be addressed sooner or later, it may as well be sooner.
He has to know he's never going to see that $14M next year & in fact knows he's on the downside of his career already.
His best prospects remain in staying with the Jets, even at a very much reduced salary.
None of that "restructure bonus" money was guaranteed by the way.
The Jets could cut him, as a veteran he doesn't have to pass through waivers & the contract will then be voided, and re-sign him to a significantly reduced contract the next day.

The details aren't THAT important to this particular discussion.
The IDEA that a GM can find ways to get creative, is.

I agree, that's GM's worth their salt can do without handcuffing themselves too much for future retentions and signings. The Breno contract was bad from Idzik. It seems a bit desperate today to guarantee so much after he lost out on Howard. And Breno's been poor to average at best.
DBrick will get much attention from the coaches this year. But I don't think a restructure is done prior to a full evaluation.

 

[Jet Setter]

Just one more consideration, Hyatt and that's keeping a chunk of salary space available for our restricted FA Damon Harrison. We wouldn't want a NT-needy team like NE to give us their bottom 2nd rounder and sign him to an offer sheet we can't match. This keeps us out of the AP hunt.

 

[maxmet]

very interesting cap analysis. I dont want AP because I would rather not think about what he did throughout the season.

Just me.

 

[HYATT™]

Just one more consideration, Hyatt and that's keeping a chunk of salary space available for our restricted FA Damon Harrison. We wouldn't want a NT-needy team like NE to give us their bottom 2nd rounder and sign him to an offer sheet we can't match. This keeps us out of the AP hunt.

Snacks ain't going to NE, even if Hoodie wants him just to cripple a division opponent.
He's not dumb enough to think he'll play as much in a 4-3, which is what NE is now running, nor can cash-strapped NE afford to pay him significantly more than the Jets will be offering him WHEN his time comes - NEXT YEAR.
Plus, Snacks PROBABLY understands the dynamic of playing between Richardson and Mo, backed by Harris et al., gives him his best chance to play at a higher level than mucking around with lesser talents on either side in NE.
HYATT™ would consider the Packers to be a bigger threat to losing Snacks in FA next year, than NE
HYATT™ doesn't honestly foresee either Mo or Snacks being an issue at all. They'll both be re-signed.

 

[Jet Setter]

Snacks ain't going to NE, even if Hoodie wants him just to cripple a division opponent.
He's not dumb enough to think he'll play as much in a 4-3, which is what NE is now running, nor can cash-strapped NE afford to pay him significantly more than the Jets will be offering him WHEN his time comes - NEXT YEAR.
Plus, Snacks PROBABLY understands the dynamic of playing between Richardson and Mo, backed by Harris et al., gives him his best chance to play at a higher level than mucking around with lesser talents on either side in NE.
HYATT™ would consider the Packers to be a bigger threat to losing Snacks in FA next year, than NE
HYATT™ doesn't honestly foresee either Mo or Snacks being an issue at all. They'll both be re-signed.

Thanks for the 4-3 news on NE. They could still use him there but you're right, they can't outbid us at this time.
As for Snacks deciding upon where to play, he's going to accept the highest bid.
I agree if the Jets keep a little insurance money available to sign Snacks, they'll be fine.