This probably is a good time to get everyone up to speed on the New York Jets' salary-cap situation.
Remember the enormous amount of cap space at the start of free agency, approximately $40 million? Well, it has shrunk to $9.37 million, according to NFLPA records.
In this time frame, the Jets have retained seven of their own free agents and added six new players. That ate up about $31 million in cap room. It doesn't include guard Brian Winters, whom they re-signed before the Great Roster Purge that created all the space.