New York Jets wide receiver Demaryius Thomas and head coach Adam Gase know each other from their days in Denver when the quarterback whisperer” created Super Bowl magic with Peyton Manning. The latter, you may recall, convinced Christopher Johnson to hire Gase in the first place.
The Jets had not traded with Patriots since before the Bill Belichick debacle; their last personnel swap involved Bill Parcells’ egregious “poison pill” signing of Curtis Martin. So when Joe Douglas traded a sixth-round pick for the veteran flanker, the New England coach ate the new GM’s lunch.