{"id":51646,"date":"2020-07-26T07:05:26","date_gmt":"2020-07-26T11:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=51646"},"modified":"2020-07-26T07:05:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T11:05:26","slug":"blockbuster-deal-puts-douglas-in-position-to-reverse-gang-greens-downward-spiral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2020\/07\/26\/blockbuster-deal-puts-douglas-in-position-to-reverse-gang-greens-downward-spiral\/","title":{"rendered":"Blockbuster Deal Puts Douglas in Position to Reverse Gang Green’s Downward Spiral"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don’t lie.\u00a0 You didn’t see that one coming.\u00a0 Jamal Adams traded<\/strong><\/a> for an absolute haul of picks and a starting player.\u00a0 At a time when it was widely believed that the Jets safety was tanking his trade value by making a spectacle of himself with a social media tantrum that could rival that of a pair of two-year-old toddlers, Joe Douglas was busy fleecing the Seattle Seahawks.<\/p>\n

The Jets shipped Adams and a fourth round pick to the Emerald City in exchange for a first and a third round pick in this year’s draft, a first round pick in next year’s draft and a starting safety in Bradley McDougald.\u00a0 Not only does the deal rid the team of what was sure to be a locker room cancer, but it sets them up quite nicely moving forward.<\/p>\n

Had the Jets given in to Adams’ contract demands, you would have to believe the safety would have eaten up at least $17 million next season.\u00a0 That’s a lot of money for a safety no matter how good he is.\u00a0 The draft picks are obviously the biggest part of the deal however.<\/p>\n

By adding a 1st and a 3rd in 2021, the Jets will now be armed with 5 choices in the top 100 with a GM who showed just a couple of months ago that he’s not averse to wheeling and dealing to add draft choices.\u00a0 Additional trades made with the Giants and Patriots give the Jets a total of 10 draft choices.<\/p>\n

In addition to the picks, by moving Adams, the money saved puts them in a position to have great flexibility if they opt to pursue any big name free agents.\u00a0 As it stands on paper at this moment, the Jets have $166 million committed to next year’s players.\u00a0 With the NFL and the player’s union agreeing that the cap will not dip below $175 million next year, it would appear the Jets don’t have a ton of room to play with.\u00a0 That would be wrong.<\/p>\n

Once the Adams deal is official, another $9 million will come off the books for next season.\u00a0 There are also a few players who you can probably bet will be gone next year.\u00a0 Wide receiver Quincy Enunwa, defensive end Henry Anderson and running back Le’Veon Bell could be let go for a cap savings of just over $23 million.\u00a0 Some others who could garner consideration to recoup some cash depending on how they perform in 2020 could be Jamison Crowder ($10 million), OT George Fant ($7.4 million), LG Alex Lewis ($5.3 million) and OG Greg Van Roten ($3.2 million).\u00a0 This isn’t to suggest all of these players will be cast aside, but the Jets have the ability to free up as much as $50 million in cap space if the need arises.<\/p>\n

So with five picks in the top 100, tons of financial flexibility and 10 picks in all, 2021 stands to be a big one in determining the fate of GM Joe Douglas and the direction of the franchise itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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