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- Updated: June 3, 2016
10:17 PM ET
When New York Jets general manager Mike Maccagnan addressed reporters on Jan. 22, he sounded optimistic about the Ryan Fitzpatrick talks, saying, “Hopefully, we’ll be able to get something done here in the near future.”
Don’t look now, but the near future is training camp.
This has been an eye-opening negotiation for both sides, a lesson to us all that feel-good stories come with a price tag. There have been twists and turns along the way, and there will be more to come, you can count on that. As we sit here on Thursday, let’s touch on two subplots.
The Jets have offered Ryan Fitzpatrick a three-year, $24 million contract that includes $12 million for the first year. Kevin Hoffman/USA TODAY Sports
This idea that the Jets will wait patiently until training camp for a resolution no longer seems as likely as it once did. Yes, coach Todd Bowles said during the draft he could live without Fitzpatrick until training camp in late July, but I get the feeling the Jets might want to accelerate that timetable. Maybe it’s just posturing, maybe not.
Whether it admits it or not, the organization is being held hostage by the Fitzpatrick standoff. Bowles is doing a nice job of containing the controversy — notice how Eric Decker and Brandon Marshall fell into line this week? — but there has to be a point where the Jets say …
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