{"id":49419,"date":"2020-03-01T14:50:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T18:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=49419"},"modified":"2020-03-01T16:10:30","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T20:10:30","slug":"rumor-says-conklin-ready-to-land-with-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2020\/03\/01\/rumor-says-conklin-ready-to-land-with-jets\/","title":{"rendered":"Conklin Rumors go From Good to bad for Gang Green"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As any Jets fan is well aware, Gang Green will be looking to invest heavily along the offensive line this off-season and one major target is expected to be Tennessee Titans free agent right tackle Jack Conklin.<\/p>\n<p>Now a report from NFL insider Mike Florio claims that Conklin has already told one team of his intentions to come to New York to block for Sam Darnold and company.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At least one team has been told that Titans OT Jack Conklin plans to sign with the Jets in free agency <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3ZvW5rJoQ2\">https:\/\/t.co\/3ZvW5rJoQ2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProFootballTalk\/status\/1234156701051445254?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>With the free agency tampering window still weeks away, it&#8217;s unlikely the Jets and\/or Conklin would publicize any future plans.\u00a0 However, it wouldn&#8217;t be beyond the realm of possibility that Conklin&#8217;s agent is taking the opportunity to drive up his client&#8217;s asking price by having teams believe Conklin is already set on playing in a big market for a team with lots of salary cap space.\u00a0 Stay tuned, folks.\u00a0 Let the games begin.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>***Update***<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet addressing the rumor above, Adam Schefter says that Conklin to the Jets isn&#8217;t a sure thing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Titans\u2019 OT Jack Conklin will have many suitors in free agency, but he is not expected to land with the offensive-line-needy Jets, per sources. Jets like him, but the competition for him will be intense and there will be many suitors.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1234198524541227009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Conklin is in fact expecting to listen to many suitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As any Jets fan is well aware, Gang Green will be looking to invest heavily along the offensive line this off-season and one major target is expected to be Tennessee Titans free agent right tackle Jack Conklin. 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