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Following an 11-year run with the New York Jets, center Nick Mangold is slated to be released by Gang Green.
The 33-year-old announced Saturday the two sides will soon be parting ways:
Mangold has remained one of the league's sturdier centers when healthy, but he missed extended action last season due to an ankle injury.
And with the Jets in the midst of a rebuild, it made sense to shed Mangold's $9.075 million cap hit for 2017—the final year on his deal—before the start of free agency.
Wesley Johnson, who started eight games in place of Mangold last season, projects as the Jets' new starting center, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport.