Jets WR Robby Anderson tells Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News that he’s hoping to get a long-term deal done this offseason with New York and is hoping to not play out the 2019 season under a restricted tender.
“I would hope not to be tendered,” Anderson said Anderson. “Because I don’t want to be here for possibly just one more year. I want to be here for the long term. I feel like I worked hard. (The RFA tender) is a step up from where I’m at now. But I want to be here for the long term.”
Sources familiar with the situation tells Mehta that the Jets actually turned down the Eagles’ offer of a fourth-round pick for Anderson before the trade deadline.
“To be honest, I think it shows that teams throughout the league see my talent and see what I bring to the table and see what I’m capable of,” Anderson said. “But I want to be a Jet. Clearly, they feel the same way, because they didn’t get rid of me. So, I want to be here for the long run. And I want to be the best I can be. I want to feel appreciated and just be understood. I just want to be a great football player.”
Anderson, 25, wound up signing on with the Jets as an undrafted free agent out of Temple back in 2016. He’s currently in the final year of his three-year, $1.62 million contract and stands to make a base salary of $630,000 for the 2018 season.
Anderson will be a restricted free agent in 2019.
In 2018, Anderson has appeared in nine games for the Jets and caught 23 passes for 368 yards receiving and three touchdowns.
We’ll have more regarding Anderson as the news is available.
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