FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- It wasn't quite a pen-in-hand situation, but J.J. Wilcox came close to signing last week with the San Francisco 49ers. How close?
The veteran safety was at the 49ers' facility in Santa Clara, California, getting ready to sign a contract after meeting with some of their coaches.
"I was walking upstairs to do it, but I received a phone call from my agent," Wilcox said Tuesday at New York Jets minicamp. "We talked. I called my family back home and we had a conversation. We felt it was just best to go a different route.