{"id":38202,"date":"2017-12-15T19:23:51","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T23:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=38202"},"modified":"2017-12-15T19:29:07","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T23:29:07","slug":"new-york-jets-mo-mo-mo-wilkerson-gives-jets-early-x-mas-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2017\/12\/15\/new-york-jets-mo-mo-mo-wilkerson-gives-jets-early-x-mas-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"Mo, Mo, Mo…Wilkerson Gives Jets Early Christmas Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"

While Jets fans and beat writers seem to be losing their collective minds over the news of defensive lineman Muhammad Wilkerson being deactivated for this Sunday’s game<\/strong><\/a> against the New Orleans Saints for showing up “Very late” to a team meeting today, the reality of the situation is that fans should be thanking Wilkerson for delivering an early Christmas gift…a clear path to his release following this season as any injury risk is removed.<\/p>\n

Ever since signing his $17 million per year deal<\/strong><\/a> back in July of 2016, the big defensive end has been largely invisible and this season has been no different.<\/p>\n

Prior to signing his mega-deal, Wilkerson had amassed 28.5 sacks in his previous 44 games.\u00a0 Since putting pen to paper, Wilkerson’s production has plummeted as he owns just 8 sacks in his last 26 games.\u00a0 Putting forth marginal effort like this<\/strong><\/a> has become commonplace for Wilkerson.<\/p>\n

Despite Wilkerson’s lack of effort, multiple benchings and fines for no-shows and tardiness to practice to go along with his lack of production, head coach Todd Bowles has continued to trot Wilkerson out there on a weekly basis, even saying as recently as last week that he still views him as one of the leaders on this Jets team.<\/p>\n

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Bowles said he views Mo Wilkerson as a team leader #nyj<\/a><\/p>\n

— Brian Costello (@BrianCoz) November 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n