Bob Glauber
Bob Glauber has been Newsday's national football columnist since 1992. He was Newsday's football writer covering the Jets Show More
INDIANAPOLIS — There is nothing unusual about the Jets’ sweeping salary cap purge of the last few days, a cleanout that has caught aging stars Darrelle Revis, Nick Mangold, Breno Giacomini and Nick Folk in its web. What is unusual is the timing, especially for Todd Bowles.
Had this been the first year of Bowles’ run as the head coach, it would have been perfectly normal to start anew by shedding the burdensome salaries of veteran players who had outlived their usefulness.