{"id":795445,"date":"2026-03-06T05:58:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T05:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/795445\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T05:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T05:58:17","slug":"jets-bring-back-trio-of-players-with-free-agency-set-to-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/795445\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets bring back trio of players with free agency set to begin"},"content":{"rendered":"

The calm before the storm included three signings for the Jets.<\/p>\n

Before they bring more than $70 million in salary cap space to the start of the legal tampering period next week, the Jets started by exercising exclusive-rights tenders on defensive tackle Jowon Briggs and linebacker Marcelino McCrary-Ball, as well as re-signing backup tight end Jelani Woods.<\/p>\n

Acquired in an August trade with the Browns, Briggs was a bright spot in a dark season. <\/p>\n

He had a career-high four sacks. <\/p>\n

In their new defensive scheme, the Jets could line up with Briggs and Harrison Phillips flanking newly acquired nose tackle T\u2019Vondre Sweat across a three-man front.<\/p>\n

\"CarolinaJowon Briggs chases Bryce Young during the Jets\u2019 Oct. 19, 2025 loss to the Panthers. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n

McCrary-Ball was voted special teams captain in the preseason but was limited to five games by a Week 3 hamstring injury. <\/p>\n

He finished with 23 tackles. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

His contract is worth $1.14 million, and Briggs\u2019 deal is worth $1.07 million, according to OverTheCap.com.<\/p>\n

Neither deal includes any guaranteed money.<\/p>\n

Woods played 60 offensive snaps and 12 special teams snaps over four games in his return to the field after missing the 2023 and 2024 seasons while with the Colts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The calm before the storm included three signings for the Jets. Before they bring more than $70 million…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":795446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[7,226,1917,255,2321,2097,6,89225,2592,5737,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-795445","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-jets","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-jets","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkjets","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-nfl-free-agency-2026","16":"tag-nfl-free-agency","17":"tag-ny-sports-minute","18":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116180702180338840","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=795445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/795446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}