Dee Milliner’s Contract Option Not Picked Up by Jets: Latest Comments, Reaction

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The New York Jets made a rather unsurprising decision on Monday in declining to pick up the fifth-year option on cornerback Dee Milliner’s rookie contract. 

ESPN.com’s Rich Cimini reported the news of the Jets’ transaction, which would have had them on the hook for an $11.9 million salary in 2017 for a player who’s yet to play to that price tag in his young NFL career.

Milliner was the ninth overall pick in the 2013 NFL draft but has been a bust. After making 12 starts in 13 games with 17 passes defensed, 56 combined tackles and three interceptions as a rookie, the 24-year-old has appeared in only eight games over the past two seasons.

A torn Achilles tendon was to blame for cutting Milliner’s 2014 campaign short. Last year he underwent right wrist surgery and was activated in November—only to see sparse special teams …

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