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5 potential veteran cuts that would give Jets more cap space

Here are five potential veteran cuts for the Jets during the offseason.

With the offseason nearing, the Jets are going to have to make some important roster decisions with their veteran players.

There’s going to be a lot of turnover with Joe Douglas in his first season as general manager. Most of the players currently on the roster were not brought in by Douglas, but by Mike Maccagnan. So it won’t be hard for him to move on from some of them since they aren’t his guys. The Jets are projected to have about $60 million in cap space to begin, but they could get close to $80 million with some significant cuts.

With that being said, let’s take a look at a few potential veteran cuts for the Jets this offseason. The first one is a no-doubter…

Trumaine Johnson

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Trumaine Johnson has made the decision for the Jets to move on from him an easy one with his efforts over the last two seasons.

Johnson was signed to a mega five-year, $72.5 million deal in 2018 by Mike Maccagnan and has been a waste ever since. Johnson’s play on the field has been dismal, as opposing wide receivers burn him constantly. He can’t defend the deep ball, nor can he stick with anyone on a crossing route. In two seasons, Johnson had 57 total tackles, seven pass defenses, five interceptions and a touchdown.

When the Jets do cut him, they’ll take a dead cap hit of $12 million but will also save $3 million. At this point, the dead cap hit is worth not having Johnson around any longer.

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5 New Year’s resolutions for the Jets in 2020

Here are five New Year’s resolutions the Jets should have in 2020.

Drama was abundant for the Jets in 2019.

The year included a new coach, a new general manager, a few big-name free agents, a couple of hopeful draft picks and a lot of injuries. And that’s just the basic stuff. In the end, the Jets finished the regular season with a 7-9 record and missed the playoffs for the ninth straight season. Now the hope is to start the new decade with a fresh start for Gang Green.

So, in keeping with New Year’s tradition, here are a few resolutions the Jets should have for 2020.

Protect Sam Darnold

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The Jets have failed for years to find their franchise quarterback and now they finally think they have one in Sam Darnold. It’s time to do whatever it takes to protect him.

New York’s offensive line was one of the worst the NFL has ever seen. It allowed the fourth-most sacks in the league this season with 52. The offensive line featured nine different combinations and 11 different players.

Joe Douglas has always prioritized improving in the trenches and that should be the first thing on his to-do list this offseason. Whether it’s in the draft or in free agency, the Jets need five new offensive linemen to protect their most-prized asset.

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Quincy Enunwa reveals he has spinal stenosis, hopes to return to Jets

Jets WR Quincy Enunwa announced to reporters on Monday afternoon that he has been diagnosed with spinal stenosis and does not need surgery.

Jets wide receiver Quincy Enunwa, who missed the majority of the 2019 season with a neck injury, provided an injury update when he spoke to reporters during end-of-season interviews.

Enunwa has been diagnosed with spinal stenosis. He will not need to undergo surgery, but it remains to be seen what the receiver’s future in football looks like.

Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spaces within your spine, which can put pressure on the nerves that travel through the spine, according to MayoClinic.org. It’s the same condition that ultimately ended the career of New York Mets third baseman David Wright.

“Some days the pain could be moderate and manageable. Some days it was too much to be thinking about baseball,” Wright said when he announced his retirement in 2018. It’s debilitating to play baseball.”

Enunwa, however, is hoping this condition won’t end his football career just yet.

“Hopefully I can stay and play well and put up numbers that I want to put (up) for this team, it would be a beautiful thing for me. … but right now it’s just about coming back healthy and handling the situation in a proper way,” Enunwa said.

He added that, “It’s unfortunate what’s going on, there’s not much I can really do about it, though. It’s one of those things where I was kind of like born this way I guess, that’s what I found out. … It’s not really one of those things that I can control too much.”

Enunwa’s entire Jets career has been marred with injuries. Despite that, he is still optimistic that he will be able to return next season. He’s looking at this as just another roadblock that he will need to hurdle.

Jets WR Quincy Enunwa safe after speaking at school near Jersey City shooting

Jets wide receiver Quincy Enunwa is safe after speaking to children in Jersey City amid a mass shooting on Tuesday.

New York Jets wide receiver Quincy Enunwa is safe after speaking to children at a Jersey City school near the shooting that took place in the city on Tuesday afternoon.

As many as six people, including a police officer, were killed during an active shooter situation, according to NBC New York.

According to Tina Cervasio of Fox 5 New York, Enunwa was speaking to children at a Jersey City school that went into lockdown after a shootout took place in the city. The lockdown had been lifted as of 4:15 p.m., according to ABC 7 New York. Enunwa is safe, according to Cervasio.

Stay tuned for more on Enunwa’s status as more information becomes available.

Jets OT Kelvin Beachum reaches out to NFLPA on Quincy Enunwa’s behalf

New York Jets offensive tackle Kelvin Beachum is supporting Quincy Enunwa after the Jets fined him for missing treatment.

As it turns out, Quincy Enunwa isn’t the only person at One Jets Drive who is unhappy with the fine New York issued him for missing treatment.

Kelvin Beachum, who is a player representative for the Jets, reached out to the NFL Players Association on Friday to see if Enunwa has any possible recourse to dispute his fine. Enunwa publicized his fine on Twitter on Thursday night, posting a picture of a television screen displaying his fine for everyone in team facilities to see.

“[The union] will put some things in place to see what’s the course of action,” Beachum said.

Beachum, who has played in the NFL for eight years, said he has never seen a team post fines and make them visible to all players. Gase’s public posting of fines is a practice that dates back to his days as Dolphins head coach.

“We handle our stuff in-house and some people choose to use social media,” Gase said when asked about Enunwa’s unhappiness. “There’s probably a reason they’re doing that.”

According to ESPN’s Rich Cimini, players typically don’t have many options for recourse when fighting a team fine as opposed to a league-issued fine.

Since Christopher Johnson announced that Gase would return in 2020, a handful of Jets have come out and supported their head coach. Enunwa and Beachum’s actions show that not everyone in the locker room is on board with how Gase is managing the team right now, though.

Quincy Enunwa upset with Jets after being fined for missing treatment

The Jets have another angry player mad for how the team is handling his injury. This time it’s wide receiver Quincy Enunwa.

Add Quincy Enunwa to the list of injured Jets angry with the organization.

Enunwa, who’s been on injured reserve with a neck injury since mid-September, posted a series of angry tweets directed at the Jets for fining him $27,900 for missing two injury treatments.

Enunwa later specified that he only missed those treatments because he was taking his wife, Deanna, out for Veteran’s Day lunch and because he had a family emergency. Deanna Enunwa served in the U.S. Army from 2007-2010, according to her LinkedIn account.

“The biggest reason it hurts is that I’m on IR for the second time in my career and the doctor told me I have a 50/50 chance of coming back to play,” Enunwa later tweeted. “I shouldn’t even HAVE to be in that building being reminded every day of what I can’t do.

“This s—- feels like punishment already and then they FINE me the max. And then want me to continue to do my rehab there and IF I get healthy they want me to then play for them after.”

Enunwa says he only posted the tweets because multiple teammates told him it’s “f—-ed up” that the Jets are fining him for missing treatments.

This isn’t the first time the Jets have been less than hospitable to their injured players. Lest we forgot the Kelechi Osemele injury debacle in which the Jets denied the guard surgery for a torn labrum, fined him for missing practice and ultimately cut Osemele for getting surgery on his own. Osemele filed a grievance against the Jets before they cut him. Shortly after that, quarterback Luke Falk also filed a grievance against the team for cutting him after he suffered a hip injury that required surgery.

Joe Douglas is less than six months into his tenure as the Jets general manager and he already has three bad injury situations on his ledger. Not only are all three a terrible look for the Jets organization, but the pattern means there is definitely something wrong with the front office’s ability to deal with injuries.

Enunwa signed a four-year, $36 million contract extension with the Jets last offseason, and the Jets need to do right by a player who has battled multiple injuries since being drafted in the sixth round of 2014 draft.