https://thejetpress.com/2020/06/01/ny-jets-trumaine-johnson-release-official/ NY Jets: Trumaine Johnson release becomes official today The NY Jets have officially released cornerback Trumaine Johnson today putting a final end to his disastrous two-year stint with Gang Green. It’s done. It’s as official as official gets. Trumaine Johnson is no longer a member of the NY Jets. The Jets originally designated Johnson as a post-June 1st cut back a couple of months ago. And now that the date has arrived, Johnson has officially been released. The post-June 1st designation allows the Jets to spread the remaining $12 million in dead cap out over the next two seasons. The Jets will carry a $4 million dead cap charge in 2020 and a whopping $8 million charge into 2021. So even though Johnson may be gone, the organization won’t be fully rid of his salary until 2022. Nonetheless, this move clears up an additional $11 million in cap space which should bring the team to around $25 million left to spend. That said, around $9 million of that will likely go to their rookie class leaving them realistically with around $16 million.]
over the past 2 years he got paid 34 million and appeared in 17 games. that's 2 mil per game played. adjusted for a 16 game schedule that would be more then any player in the NFL makes per game. and he was awful. now he gets to retire rich. must be nice. sadly one of the worst signings. he was talented but got lazy as fuck after getting paid and didn't seem to care
CB is a position where it's best to have one vet on a cheap contract and one young guy who has a chance to develop into a good player.
I still wonder just how badly he got hurt on that INT return against the Lions in his first game. He got absolutely trucked and never looked right after that.
Maybe he wasn’t hurt, but just when he decided he got paid and didn’t feel like getting hurt. Could be what caused him to stop trying hard.
....cont What could the NY Jets do with that cap space? That’s enough to make a move or two if the team chooses to do so. There are still a number of intriguing players left on the free-agent market including the likes of Jadeveon Clowney, Logan Ryan, and Larry Warford. But it doesn’t seem as though the Jets are in a hurry to sign any of them at the moment. As for Johnson, this release signifies the end of one of the worst stints a player has had with the Jets organization in their history. Back in 2018, then-general manager Mike Macagnan signed Johnson to a massive five-year, $72.5 million contract. And yet after two abysmal seasons in green and white, Johnson is gone and he’ll still be receiving money from the Jets long after Maccagnan has left. It’s very possible that this was the worst signing in franchise history. At the very least, it’s up there with the Muhammad Wilkerson and Neil O’Donnell disasters. The Jets will be just fine without Johnson as their cornerback group is showing more promise than it has in years. After playing just seven games last season — only five of them in the starting lineup — Johnson was replaced by younger, more efficient talent once he went down with an injury. Because of Johnson’s struggles and injury troubles, the Jets were able to see players like Blessuan Austin and Arthur Maulet unexpectedly shine. And with that mindset, perhaps the Jets owe a bit of gratitude to their former prized free agent. Regardless, now that it’s finally official, both sides could do what’s best and move on. And thus one of the worst two-year runs any player has ever had with the Jets is
Maybe. Maybe you could flap your arms real fast and fly to the moon. I mean, anything's possible. What we do know for a fact is he took a ridiculous blindside hit and never really played well at all after that. Prior to which he had put together a pretty decent career. I don't know what the real story is. And neither do you.
I remember when we brough Revis back for that last season...$1M/game. I thought THAT was insane...I guess not!
My cousin, who is a Rams fan, was overjoyed when he left the Rams. I told him today that I completely understand his joy.
Is it the right move to spread his cap hit out like that? McCagnan fucked Joe Douglas with this deal so there is no "good" answer but next season you'll be stuck with an $8 million cap hit for a guy who didn't play in 2 years. Seems like you'd rather get hit for $12 this season and then not have to worry about it anymore
If JD don't spend our cap this year on other players (about $16m) he can roll it into 2021 and payoff the dead cap hit for Trumaine then...I think!
We needed the space this year. Next year lower paid draft picks will be a year in and stepping up. We had to pay a number of vets to help out this year.
