Jets running back Leon Washington waited for an offer sheet that never came in restricted free agency, like every other RFA not named Mike Bell.
Now Washington is set to sign his one-year tender with the Jets Thursday, and his agent Alvin Keels writes that’s where he’ll stay despite some recent rumors involving his client.
“No trade talk at all on Leon. He is a Jet and is signing his tender to remain a Jet,” Keels tweeted Thursday morning.
The signed tender gives the Jets the ability to move Washington if someone called for him during the draft. Jets G.M. Mike Tannenbaum likes to deal, but a move appears unlikely because of Washington’s injury. (He’s coming off a compound leg fracture.)
It’s also easy to forget Washington was one of New York’s best players the last few years and we think he has more value to the Jets long-term than any other team.
Someone has to fill the gap when LaDainian Tomlinson’s year in New York goes sour.