These are the boring times, the dead times, the spot on the calendar year in which New York Jets fans ache for anything to break.
Other than a spot or two during the actual NFL offseason, a fanbase for a team not in the NFL tournament is just dying for any activity even loosely associated with its squad.
Thus, it’s free agent speculation time. What else is there for a team uninvited to the postseason for the ninth-straight season? (By the way, nine-straight seasons out of the playoffs is a remarkable fact in its own right, especially after the playoff-appearance success the franchise experienced from Bill Parcells through Rex Ryan’s early years.