SackExchange wrote:To me, Mo is a bigger priority than Snacks, though I would want to keep both. It's a tough spot. Most likely, Snacks gets taken care of first with a tender, and Mo later gets an extension, maybe late in camp. Richardson will get his, but he still has a couple years left on his rookie deal. I want to lock him up, but not until there's one year left on the deal.
And I'd rather keep Harvin than let him walk and pursue Maclin, though it's close.
The good news is, with a ton of cap room and not that many guys coming off deals, the money is there for the Jets. Snacks will certainly get a raise, but since he was already under contract, it won't be that huge a divot from cap space.
IMO, you lock up Mo and Snacks, front load the deal, and make it cap friendly long term. Neither seems like the kind of guy that would get $10-$20 mill this year and hold out 2 years from now and ask for a restructured deal.
Take the cap hit this year when we likely stink again, and have them both signed to cap friendly deals for the future.