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Jets cut longest-tenured player, the final link to last playoff team

Not even the long-snapper was safe -- a long-snapper who, by the team's own admission, was flawless over seven years.

Tanner Purdum, the longest-tenured player on the New York Jets, was released Saturday. The move wasn't a surprise, but it's newsworthy because it was another example of a massive roster purge that began several months ago.

Purdum, 31, was the last link to the Jets' last playoff team from 2010. He played with them from 2010 to 2016, never missing a game -- a streak of 112 games. According to the Jets' website, he never was charged with an errant snap or a penalty in seven years.