Playing for the New York Jets is always a roller coaster ride.
Between the uncompromising New York spotlight, the cold weather, and the league-worst stadium, there are many incidental reasons that a free agent may choose another team. All of those are out of the control of anyone in the Jets’ organization (except Woody and Christopher Johnson, perhaps).
There are several other issues facing the Jets whenever they try to lure a free agent to join the team. Last offseason, perhaps chief among them was that players did not know who the Jets’ quarterback was going to be.