INDIANAPOLIS — The Jets said “No Mo” to Muhammad Wilkerson on Wednesday.
The team released the veteran defensive end after two disappointing seasons, making him a free agent. Wilkerson was two years into a five-year, $86 million deal that he signed in 2016. He made $37 million over the past two seasons from that contract.
The Jets cleared $11 million in salary-cap space by cutting Wilkerson. He carries a charge of $9 million in dead money.
It is a sad ending to a Jets career that began with so much promise. The 2011 first-round pick from New Jersey had monster seasons as a pass rusher in 2013 (10.