Jamison Crowder, the Jets’ leading receiver each of the past two seasons, has renegotiated his contract, taking what SNY’s Ralph Vacchiano described as a “significant” pay cut to return to East Rutherford in 2021. Earlier in the day, beat reporter Rich Cimini of ESPN had suggested Crowder, who did not attend any of the team’s voluntary workouts this spring, could be on the chopping block in lieu of a revised deal.
Coming off a down 2020 (59-699-6 on 89 targets), the seventh-year slot man could see a reduced role in New York with the emergence of second-round rookie Elijah Moore (who has reportedly been a standout at OTAs) and former Titans field-stretcher Corey Davis, who joined the team on a three-year, $37.5-million contract this offseason. The diminutive 27-year-old (he’s listed at 5’9”/177) has struggled to stay healthy of late, missing a combined 11 games over his last three seasons. With New York’s once-stagnant receiving corps suddenly flooded with playmakers in Davis, Moore, Denzel Mims and Keelan Cole, Crowder seems all but certain to leave in next year’s free agency.
Crowder, who was due a $10-million base salary before Monday’s adjustments, will be in uniform for the team’s mandatory minicamp in Florham Park later this week. He’ll be looking to make up for lost time, building chemistry with newcomer Zach Wilson, who the Jets selected with the second overall pick in April’s draft. With the savings from Crowder’s pay cut, the Jets should have more than enough cap space to sign veteran tackle Morgan Moses (a former teammate of Crowder’s in Washington), who visited the team earlier this month.
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