The Jets were the team that drafted Brian Winters, and in the end, that made all the difference.
“I really like what the Jets have going here and I wanted to be a part of that and continue it. They’re the team that gave me my shot in the beginning and I wanted to continue from that,” Winters said Tuesday on a conference call, a day after he signed a four-year extension with the Jets.
Rather than risk seeing the right guard hit the open market in free agency, the Jets instead agreed to a $29-million deal that includes $15 million guaranteed — the 10th-largest guarantee for a guard, according to ESPN.