Getty ImagesThe Jets won’t let right guard Brian Winters hit the open market as a free agent this offseason.
The team announced on Monday evening that Winters has signed a four-year extension with the team. No financial terms were included in the announcement, but multiple reports peg the value at around $8 million per year.
Winters was a third-round pick in 2013 and has started 41 games over his four seasons with the team. Thirteen of those starts came in 2016, although he ended the season on injured reserve thanks to a torn rotator cuff.
Winters turned in good work when he was healthy and his return gives the Jets some certainty at an uncertain spot for the group. Four players ended the year on injured reserve and veteran tackles Breno Giacomini and Ryan Clady could be moving on. Brandon Shell, a 2015 fifth-round pick, likely fits in somewhere, but center Nick Mangold’s $9 million cap number has led to discussion about his future with the team.
Good solid player.
yikes!
another horrendous move by the jets
8 mil per year?
do they try to create the worst possible contracts ever?
Not sure what financial terms are but seems like a pretty solid move. Young guard who already knows system. Especially when every other spot on the line could be different
If Rapoport is correct and this deal is really worth $8M this is a steal. Winters first year and a half was rough and he looked like a bust but, something kicked in and now he is a top 10 guard. Carpenter has been another good find who clearly didn’t fit in the Seahawks zone blocking scheme. As long as Brandon Shell keeps developing the way he is and we fill out the line in the draft/free agency that line will be set.
Who’s playing QB ?
good player, but 8/y is tackle money
SUPERBOWL!
Solid player, solid signing. Jets have enough questions along the offensive line, and enough places to trim the fat and get back $$$.
Now all they’re missing on the offensive side of the ball is a quarterback, two tackles, a center, another receiver, a tight end…
Well, if all else goes badly, Winters MIGHT have to play QB.
To be serious, one of the major issues for Petty as he finally took over as starting QB was pretty bad line play–Winters was on IR, Clady was hurt also, Breno was hurt all year, Mangold was on IR also. At least Shell got to play and played well enough he’ll be RT next year, then with Winters and Carpenter they are set at Guard. Johnson will likely be the center–not terrible.
Which means they could well take the LT out of Alabama at #6-Cam Robinson.
I don’t know if they take a QB. If Watson hangs around until the end of round 1 or still there in round 2, then maybe they take a flier on him.
That would give the Jets a vastly improved line pretty fast. Although, the only team more desperate for a quick rebuild of the OL has got to be the seahawks.
This is a good signing. What is most disappointing is tylaw6 has no clue. They gush about Malcolm Mitchell, and Winters has proven over several years that he’s a good player after being picked in the third round. His coach likes to give first and second rounders away for nothing ( Jones and Collins).
I get that they need scoring, but he was a borderline All Star and hasn’t played since the early 80s.
They’d have been better off going for Sidney Moncrief. He has more left in the tank.
What is the average salary for a Right Guard?
Since the Jets don’t have any good young players, I guess they might as well keep their own.
good player but not a bargain
Isn’t Jonathan Winters a better fit for the Jets?
Is this the same guy that was playing for the Chiefs about 14 years ago?
fakebookfreddy says:
Jan 16, 2017 10:50 PM
Is this the same guy that was playing for the Chiefs about 14 years ago?
Brian Waters, who was damn good in his day
This is a slow thread, and Seahawks news is of no lasting interest, so here goes:
Yesterday I posted that the Dallas defenders should have held or mugged every GB receiver on that play from Rodgers to Cook. Five idiots disagreed with my logic which I based mostly on 5 yard trade for 5 seconds, so here’s more: when Rodgers breaks the pocket, there IS no illegal contact or holding that can be called. We saw Richard Sherman nail a receiver at the goal line after a QB rollout earlier this season – and no penalty was called (correctly.) NFL coaches suck and they never learn. Rodgers would not have gotten a completion against the Seahawks or another properly-coached team.
So the next time posters here argue with me, or vote against me, I only ask that they take a deep breath first. Thank you.
I see people are making fun of the jets over the money.. but what about the player? he accepted the contract proving he has no interest in ever being a winner.
Good signing–they will need protection for ROMO or a rookie quarterback who in this draft will likely be a bust
I’m gonna guess that it’s back loaded.
he’s ok…i guess continuity is a good thing, especially on the line but he’s no better than an avg. g