Bob Glauber
Glauber has been Newsday's national football columnist since 1992. He was Newsday's football writer covering the Jets and
And in the 11th hour of the eighth month of a maddeningly illogical contract dispute, the two sides that couldn’t agree on a deal finally figured it out and shook hands on a compromise that is good for all.
Ryan Fitzpatrick is back with the Jets in time for the first training camp practice, and he’ll be $12 million richer for shaking hands on a new deal. The Jets held out until the bitter end in hopes of securing a longer-term deal, but with Fitzpatrick unwilling to virtually halve his salary over the final two years of a three-year proposal, GM Mike Maccagnan blinked and thus sealed the deal to bring back the Jets’ best hope at quarterback.