Report: LB Bart Scott won't be back with Jets

[Aso]

Citing a source, Newsday reports that ILB Bart Scott will not be back with the Jets in 2012.
Scott is entering his age-32 season and his salary jumps to $5.6 million in 2012. It sounds like he'll be released. Scott's playing time dropped this year as he was removed from the Jets' nickel defense. Pro Football Focus still graded Scott as one of the league's premier run-stopping 3-4 inside 'backers, so his career shouldn't be over. He's just not an every-down player anymore, and needs to be held out of pass-coverage situations.

I think he's still a monster player. I'm not sure there are many ILB's that can blow up FB's on iso plays as well as he can.

I'm just curious who will replace him though.

[Guest]

Ray Lewis has stuck around for quite a bit and this is what he does. In no way, shape or form is Bart Scott finished. Some team, especially if they are a newer team to the 3-4, would love to add him to their defense.

I'm sure that they are either confident in the backups taking over, or finding someone in the draft or with free agency. Rex Ryan also has an ego, so if he is letting go of someone who he has coached for a long period of time, he already has a plan to replace him.

[Tailback U]

Hopefully he goes to the Patriots so the rivalry gets even juicier.

[Aso]

Sort of unrelated: Is Aaron Maybin a starter for the Jets or he is strictly situational?

[Leftwich]

Can't Wait to see who he goes to...

[EmpireWF]

Bart declined comment today to the press, and one off.

This in addition to Santonio being escorted out without talking and Revis declining to comment.

Rex and Tannenbaum's presser later today should be interesting.

What a joke.

[Houston]

Jets have no class.

[ralaw]

The Jets are imploding. Changes are soon to come. Tomlinson went in on Holmes.

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/7411183/source-captain-santonio-holmes-quit-new-york-jets-loss

[Youk]

Jets have no class.

And this has to do with Bart Scott how? Don't even try to say because they will cut a decent/good player, because then every team has no class.

[biggamejrs]

Hue Jackson thinks the Jets are imploding.

[killgod]

Hopefully he goes to the Patriots so the rivalry gets even juicier.

lol Jets

[Youk]

Jets need to dump Holmes before they cut Scott.

[EmpireWF]

Jets need to dump Holmes before they cut Scott.

No way they can since Holmes is owed over $50 mil.

[Youk]

No way they can since Holmes is owed over $50 mil.

They would only be on the hook for the 2012 base salary of $7.5 million. That's the only guaranteed money owed to him right now.

[Tailback U]

Ryan is also at fault here. He has created an environment that encourages loud mouthed attention whores and egos to go unchecked and it is now backfiring on them.

It's all great when you're winning, but if the Jets don't make the playoffs next season I can see a lot of fans calling for his head.