Jets Notes: Clady, Marshall, QB Targets

The latest on Gang Green:

  • The Jets’ reworking of left tackle Ryan Clady‘s contract last month didn’t actually do much to change his deal, reports Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk. The team still faces a mid-February deadline on a $1MM payment, which was previously an option bonus but is now a fully guaranteed roster bonus. It’s possible that the Jets will pick up that option and try to convince Clady later in the offseason to agree to a pay cut, Florio writes. Clady is currently slated to play 2017 – his age-31 campaign – on a $10MM salary, which is an unpalatable amount for an injury-prone player coming off a disappointing season.
  • While releasing Brandon Marshall would save the Jets his entire cap hit for 2017 ($7.5MM), the wide receiver expects to remain with the club, he told Darryl Slater of NJ Advance Media. “They haven’t said anything otherwise,” he stated. “There was no indication that they don’t want me back.” Marshall, who will turn 33 next month, indicated in December that he wants to stay a Jet. That came toward the end of a mediocre season for Marshall, who caught just 59 of 128 targets for 788 yards and three touchdowns after posting a 109-catch, 1,502-yard, 14-TD 2015.
  • The Jets might turn to one of Marshall’s ex-teammates, Jay Cutler, as their next starting quarterback if the Bears release him, but doing so wouldn’t make any sense, opines Brian Costello of the New York Post. Instead, of all the QBs the Jets could pursue this offseason, Buccaneers backup and pending free agent Mike Glennon is the likeliest, posits Costello. Conversely, if the 49ers’ Colin Kaepernick becomes available, it’s highly improbable the Jets would court him, per Costello. Owner Woody Johnson would have to sign off on that, and the President Donald Trump appointee’s political views don’t exactly jibe with the outspoken Kaepernick’s.
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