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Jets have the cap space to spend big in free agency, but don’t be surprised if they take a different approach

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INDIANAPOLIS – There are only a handful of NFL teams with more salary cap space than the Jets, and they still have room to make some cuts that would clear $10 million more. They are poised to be one of the most active and biggest spending teams when the free-agent market opens in two weeks.

That just might not be the approach they take.

Though Jets GM Joe Douglas didn’t lay out his exact plans on Wednesday when he spoke at the NFL scouting combine, he certainly did seem to pump the brakes on everyone’s expectations for how they’ll use their $50-60 million in salary cap space. He talked about free agency as just one of “a lot of different tools to improve your roster,” and he expressed his long-stated desire to maintain the Jets’ future financial flexibility.

And when discussing how a team could use free agency to help itself suddenly become a contender, he pointed to the AFC champion Cincinnati Bengals, who were…

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