Mike Glennon: 5 best fits in NFL free agency
By John Buhler
New York Jets
AFC, East
There are roughly four NFL teams that would love to have Glennon be its 2017 starting quarterback. Perhaps the most desperate of those four is the New York Jets. Last year, they had four starting quarterbacks and they were all varying degrees of terrible.
The Jets have a good bit of salary cap space at an estimated $39,972,871. However, we’re looking at a team that could crater itself before the season even begins. New York has already cut Darrelle Revis and Brandon Marshall. It may do the same with Eric Decker and probably looking to trade Sheldon Richardson.
Does Glennon really want to go to New York in 2017? He could totally beat out Bryce Petty and Christian Hackenberg as the starter, but why would he want to sign with what might be the worst team in the AFC? Glennon has already been on a 2-14 team before.
All that aside, Glennon conducts himself like an adult and could handle the New York media better than most professional athletes do. The Jets would be getting a quarterback that would offer a bit of the Ryan Fitzpatrick/Geno Smith dynamism without the mistakes.
If Glennon envisions himself as a certain starter, the Jets is the worst of the four potential landing spots for him. However, he would get paid very well by the Jets. If it hits the fan, at least future media exposure associated with the New York market would effectively translate to a new contract with another team should the Jets experiment fail like so many before it.