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Nobody is ready to fit the Jets for a Super Bowl ring or even print playoff tickets for the first time in a decade based on what GM Joe Douglas has done in March. The Jets’ recent history of failed big dives into the market is too fresh in their memory. They know how spending money can go wrong.
Still, it’s hard not to marvel at what Douglas accomplished in the first week of the free-agent signing period with his $48 million or so in salary cap space. He signed or re-signed 14 players so far, all to reasonable contracts (or downright bargains), and none to deals of more than three years.
And he filled just about every single hole on his roster along the way.
Teams don’t often do that without going on a truly wild spending spree, which Douglas didn’t. Normally they just throw big money at a couple of players to fill a couple of holes. But Douglas spread his cap space around wisely and beefed up his offensive line,…