Coles Doesn’t Get An Extension

Instead of giving wide receiver Laveranues Coles a contract extension, the New York Jets have guaranteed him the $11 million remaining on the final 2 years of his contract.

A few weeks ago Coles was obviously unhappy with the team.

“I don’t want to seem like another greedy player, but I feel I’ve earned the right to know where I’ll finish my career,” Coles told The Star-Ledger. “I’ve done everything this organization has asked me to do and I’m asking them to do this for me. I think I’ve earned that much. I’ve put it all on the line every Sunday for this organization.

“They’ve told me for the past two seasons that they would take care of me and now I feel they’re stringing me along. I’m not going through this for another year.

“I’ve played hurt. I’ve been a leader in the locker room. I’ve held the team together in bad times. I was an intermediary between management and the players. I sacrificed my numbers for the good of the team. … I don’t want to be a disgruntled player. I want to be someplace where I’m happy.”

Will the guarantee keep Coles happy? I doubt it, but the Jets better hope so. Coles is a lot better than any other receiver on the team.

Unfortunately it doesn’t really matter who plays wide receiver for the Jets because all their quarterbacks are absolutely horrible.