After four seasons with the Jets, Brian Winters could have tested the free agency market. There was certainly an allure to the unknown, but Winters also had firsthand knowledge of a pair of veteran linemen who had stayed for more than a decade after being drafted in 2006.
“I feel good, I feel relieved. I’m happy we were able to work something out,” Winters said a day after inking a four-year extension with the Green & White. “I wanted to stay a Jet and continue my career with the team that drafted me. So I’m pretty excited about that, to kind of follow in the footsteps of Nick (Mangold) and D’Brickashaw (Ferguson), being a homegrown guy.