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Agent: Jets were close runner-up in Kirk Cousins sweepstakes

A look at what's happening around the New York Jets:

1. What might have been: The blockbuster trade to move up in the draft, presumably for a quarterback, never would've happened if the Jets had accomplished their "Plan A" in free agency -- sign Kirk Cousins. It has been five days since Cousins picked the Minnesota Vikings, enough time for the dust to settle. Let's take a look back.

Naturally, some feelings were chafed at One Jets Drive. The Jets made the best offer -- a reported three years, $90 million, fully guaranteed -- and yet they never got a visit from Cousins, who flew to Minneapolis last Wednesday and signed his historic three-year, $84 million contract (fully guaranteed) on Friday.