The Jets need to develop and retain more pure Jets.
On Monday, running back Matt Forte announced on NBC Sports Chicago he will sign a one-day contract with Chicago to retire as a Bear.
Has anyone ever done this with the Jets?
Forte played with the Jets the last two years, but clearly was still a Bear at heart.
The Jets need to move away from loading up on hired guns, and try to draft, develop and cultivate pure Jets, who, to use a terrible cliché, “bleed green.”
They’ve had too many individual contractors pass through Florham Park in recent years.
It’s time for them to develop a generation of players who are Jets at heart, and add less players who are just in town for a job.
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