Jets GM Mike Maccagnan Says They Plan To Be “Very Active” In Free Agency Next Year

Jets GM Mike Maccagnan told reporters on Thursday that they plan to be “very active” in free agency next year and believe it could “springboard” them to a playoff appearance.

“This is an offseason we feel really good about,” Maccagnan said, via NJ.com. “We’ve done a lot of work already and we’re going to do a lot more work on the pro free agency. But I think there is definitely an opportunity — not only to keep some of our own good, young players that are going to be free agents — but also to add some players at key positions going forward.

“Right now, we think there are a lot of good, young players in the [free agent] market potentially for next year. And we feel pretty well situated with our salary cap standpoint.”

The Jets are projected to have over $106 million of cap room to work with next year.

“I think we have a lot of things in place that — with a successful offseason — we could be in a position to, in our mind, really springboard this thing forward,” Maccagnan added.

One area to watch for the Jets is at pass rusher. New York has been in the market for pass-rush help the past few years and even checked in on some players leading up to the trade deadline.

Next year’s free agent crop of pass rushers includes Trey Flowers, Demarcus Lawrence, Jadeveon Clowney, Dee Ford, Brandon Graham, Ezekiel Ansah and Frank Clark among others.

For what it’s worth, here’s our Top 25 – 2019 NFL Free Agents list.

We’ll have more regarding the Jets as the news is available.