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Mehta: Mo's cash search can pay off for Jets, too

Muhammad Wilkerson and the Jets are headed for a no-fault divorce that might make both parties very happy this offseason.

The irreconcilable differences aren’t complicated: The organization doesn’t want to fork over the cash that the player believes he’s worth.

Wilkerson’s white-hot start this season can still have mutually beneficial consequences. He will get paid… by another team in 2016.

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The Jets will parlay the defensive lineman’s 2015 success to better position themselves to upgrade positions of need, including perhaps the most important one on the roster.