According to Jets Gab, Jason La Canfora of NFL Network is reporting that Braylon Edwards is looking at top money.
Jets free agent wide receiver Braylon Edwards said in early May that he’d take a hometown discount to remain with the Jets but Jason La Canfora of NFL Network reports Edwards is looking for the kind of big money that goes to top starting receivers.
In what could be a very shallow market, chances are he will get it. The Jets won’t fight that hard to keep him. La Canfora calls him petulant and inconsistent and has made poor decisions off the field. He will wow you with one moment of splendor then fall back into a bone-headed funk. La Canfora expects his worst traits to be exacerbated once he has that big contract.
Happy trails. I don’t mind losing Edwards if it means the Jets can re-sign Holmes and Cromartie without a problem. I’ll take my chances with someone like Plaxico Burress or Randy Moss (who Woody Johnson has expressed interest in) for a season. I love Braylon and what he brings to the team, but he deserves to be paid like the secondary option he is. It’s going to be tough losing him, but sometimes you have to make sacrifices to maintain a winning team.
With sources saying the new CBA (which could be very close to completion) will definitely include a salary cap, the Jets will likely have to pick and choose who they sign. Braylon Edwards, Santonio Holmes, Brad Smith, and Antonio Cromartie would all be UFAs under the new CBA, so the Jets have some work ahead of them. However, I trust in this front office to put together a winning team for the fourth season in a row.
