On Monday, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport announced that the Jets have given Joe Tippmann a four-year extension worth $62 million with $31 million guaranteed.
So it’s essentially a two-year deal for $31 million, which could turn into a bargain if Tippmann continues his ascendancy at the right guard position.
He was a center at Wisconsin and in his first two seasons with the Jets.
Last season was his first season as a full-time guard, and he did a solid job, getting better as the season progressed.
This is another pragmatic, measured contract given out by second-year Jets GM Darren Mougey this offseason, and there have been many.
Instead of a king’s ransom on a couple of players, Mougey has spread the Jets’ cap space around to myriad players.
Entering free agency, Mougey made it clear that, even with quality cap space available, he wasn’t going to spend recklessly.
“It doesn’t change when you have all this cap space and available cash; we still want to be responsible,” Mougey said. “It’s not just going out, and you are high-priced and aggressive. You still want to be very strategic and calculating and do the appropriate spending.”
And Mougey has done a lot of “appropriate spending” this off-season, resigning some of his own, and adding a slew of street free agents.
On paper, he’s done a good job of spreading the wealth, providing the Jets’ depth chart with plenty of good starters, and lots of quality depth.
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