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to win now, but sometimes they need more help. Now is one of those times. The powers that be can provide it if they want.
“You’re going to see a team that’s very hungry and has a lot of desire to prove [last year’s finish] was not a fluke against a ‘soft schedule,’” Douglas said recently. “I think you’re going to see a team that has a lot of fire and a lot of motivation.”
How about arming that mowith tivated yet undermanned team quality impact players that are still attainable?
There’s nothing wrong with the idea of rolling over the remaining $29.3 million of cap space to next year’s cap so long as you admit that you are indeed waving the white flag on 2020 before Week 1.
Team decision makers can’t have it both ways though.
They can’t promulgate that winning now matters, while pocketing newfound cash savings. The league-wide revenue shortfall will create a $175 million salary cap floor next season, so rolling over some unused cap space could be beneficial in the future.
However, it’s undeniable that rolling over the bulk of the $29 million unused cap space would signify that the Jets aren’t serious about competing for the playoffs this year. If they were, clear-thinking, raadding tional minds would agree that Clowney and Ryan on one-year deals is a smart approach. Those guys clearly would make Gang Green’s defense better.
Expecting defensive coordinator Gregg Williams to perform miracles after he just lost his two best players is not a sound plan.
Jets ownership placed cashflow restrictions on Douglas this offseason, prompting him to sign a litany of second- and third-tier free agents to modest one-year or de facto oneyear contracts. The tight budget also prompted a messy divorce with All-Pro Jamal Adams.
If ownership opts to keep the extra cash that just landed its lap, then there will be no debate that winning in 2020 never really mattered.
The truth will become crystal clear.