The Jets announced that they have applied the second-round tender to wide receiver Robby Anderson. The one-year tender will pay Anderson $3.095MM for the upcoming season. 
As a restricted free agent, Anderson can negotiate with any club through April 19. If he signs an offer sheet with a new club, the Jets could match the offer to keep him. If the Jets do not match such an offer, they will receive a second-round draft choice. While Anderson has talent, it seems unlikely that a team will offer him substantial money and forfeit a valuable second-round pick in order to add him.
Anderson, 26 in May, made some noise in 2017 with 63 catches for 941 yards and seven touchdowns. He had a quieter year in 2018, even as his off-the-field antics made noise in the New York tabloids. He finished out last season with a 50/752/6 stat line across 14 games. With upwards of $100MM in cap room – and even more flexibility remaining – the Jets can easily afford to keep Anderson in the fold at a ~$3MM rate.
In addition to Anderson, the Jets have also retained all nine of their exclusive-rights free agents:
- QB Davis Webb
- WR Deontay Burnett
- RB De’Angelo Henderson
- OL Ben Braden
- DL Bronson Kaufusi
- LB Frankie Luvu
- LB Anthony Wint
- CB Jeremy Clark
- S Doug Middleton
Simple offseason for the Jets-
Target Tyrell Williams from the Chargers and Jameison Crowder from the Redskins (5 years 35 mill for Williams and 4 years 28 mill for crowder)
Sign Jonathan Hankins to bolster the DL and run defense (2 years 10 mill)
Add a edge rusher like za darius smith and lb like shaquille barrett
Fix the online through the draft.
Rather focus on OL and playmakers in free agency and EDGE in the draft
The Jets finished 4th in the AFC East 3 years in a row and think holding onto those players is the way to ‘build a team’.
Of course more famous for collecting a few 2nd rounders last year only to trade them away for a QB. Then not have picks to help the QB and winding up 3-13.
The Jets, Dolphins, and Bills are the modern day 3 stooges.
Do you think letting their best WR in Anderson go is better for their rebuild than keeping him?
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The tender for the WR is fine. Its the other players that need to move on. Why hold onto 9 players that were part of a bad team? What’s that; about 20% of roster spots.
Point being, there will always be low value players so why hold onto the ones that didn’t contribute to a winning season.