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Reasons for Jets' $100 million spree: Timing, need and desperation

The New York Jets charged into NFL free agency and secured two blue-chip players within a 24-hour period -- a dynamic quarterback helper (Le'Veon Bell) and a quarterback for the defense (C.J. Mosley). The Jets are crushing it, sparking the familiar question that surfaces every March:

Can a team buy a Lombardi Trophy?

History says no, but free agency can make a bad team better and restore it to relevancy. The Jets have accomplished that, capitalizing on their "Sam Darnold window" and using the Chicago Bears as their guide.