FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Before heading off to the scouting combine at the end of the month, the New York Jets' front office will meet to plot its free-agent strategy. For a change, they actually have some tough decisions on which players to re-sign -- and that's a good thing.
That certainly wasn't the case last year. Not one of their 19 unrestricted free agents received a multiyear contract to return to the Jets -- safety Marcus Maye played on the franchise tag -- and only three landed multiyear deals with other teams. Guard Pat Elflein, linebacker Jordan Jenkins and edge rusher Tarell Basham went elsewhere, none of whom blew up the ATM.