{"id":8734,"date":"2011-08-04T18:33:42","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T22:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=8734"},"modified":"2011-08-04T18:41:30","modified_gmt":"2011-08-04T22:41:30","slug":"jets-release-jerrico-cotchery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2011\/08\/04\/jets-release-jerrico-cotchery\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets Release Jerricho Cotchery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If fans have learned anything over the last couple of months it is that the NFL is a business.\u00a0\u00a0 The New York Jets are providing the fans with another reminder as on Thursday the team released wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery.\u00a0 The classy receiver played 7 years with the Jets and was known for his work ethic, reliabilty, and leadership.\u00a0 The move will save Gang Green approximately $1.8 million dollars in cap space.\u00a0 The Jets are reportedly prepared to sign former Ravens wide receiver Derrick Mason to replace Cotchery.\u00a0 Mason, 37, is also a reliable receiver that is known for his toughness and leadership.<\/p>\n<p>For many fans this is a tough pill to swallow as Cotchery emerged as a favorite over the years.\u00a0 I have had the chance to meet Jerricho several times and you could not meet a classier guy than Mr. Cotchery.\u00a0 Jerricho always took the time to interact with the fans and was actively involved in the community with his foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Cotchery always &#8220;played like a Jet&#8221; and for that many fans will always be grateful.\u00a0 I wish him nothing but success going forward.<\/p>\n<p>Share your thoughts on Jerricho&#8217;s release <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.jetnation.com\/index.php?\/topic\/99730-nyjets-release-cotchery-sign-mason\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If fans have learned anything over the last couple of months it is that the NFL is a business.\u00a0\u00a0 The New York Jets are providing the fans with another reminder as on Thursday the team released wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery.\u00a0 The classy receiver played 7 years with the Jets and was known for his work [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[213],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8734","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-jet-news"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-2gS","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8734"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8739,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8734\/revisions\/8739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}