NFL Latest: Bruce Carter Agrees to Deal with Jets
Bruce Carter's rough free agency stint finally ends after the linebacker agrees to deal with the New York Jets on a one-year contract. But before it, the 28-year old had to visit a couple of other teams so as to explore his options. He went to visit the Buffalo Bills and the Detroit Lions, but eventually deciding to join the Jets.
Carter is a five-year veteran who was selected in the second round (40th overall) in the 2011 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys after playing college football at UNC. He played for the Cowboys until 2014 before signing a four-year contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2015. Though he came to the team expecting to play middle linebacker, rookie Kwon Alexander impressed the coaching staff in training camp. He fell out of favor and was relegated to sam linebacker instead, producing 47 tackles and two sacks in a total of 14 games. Earlier this month, the Bucs decided to waive him, citing salary cap space as the reason.
The signing of Carter is kind of surprising though for Jets fans, considering that they no longer have that much flexibility in their cap space. The NY Daily News in a report said that the team has a little over $700,000 in cap room, which means that Carter's addition would mean someone will be on his way out. The same report says that there's a possibility that Muhammad Wilkerson will be traded or D'Brickashaw Ferguson will be cut by the team, although they can discuss the possibility of Ferguson taking a pay cut while also making some contract restructuring with several veterans in the team.
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But whatever the decision is when it comes to freeing up some space to accommodate Carter, one thing is certain – that he'll be competing for a sport in the team that already has the likes of David Harris and Erin Henderson.
