As a first-year general manager, Mike Maccagnan made the right call in upgrading the Jets’ secondary, bringing in offensive lineman James Carpenter and trading for wide receiver Brandon Marshall and quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick. But can he make the right roster calls in 2016?
This year’s salary cap isn’t yet set, but it’s expected to increase to $154 million. The Jets, however, will have far less money at their disposal than they did last offseason. They have a lot of holes to address, too. There are 23 pending free agents on their roster, 20 of whom are unrestricted.
Said coach Todd Bowles: “To sit up here and say is everybody coming back, no, everybody probably isn’t going to come back.