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- -- Jets Still Think about Leon Washington's Double Leg Fracture --
Tue Jul 6, 2010 --from FFMastermind.com - ESPNNewYork.com's Rich Cimini reports former Jets RB Leon Washington's two open fractures on 10/25/09 still haunts his former teammates, especially those seeking long-term contract extensions. There’s no telling how many millions Washington lost because of the injury. He rejected a long-term offer from the Jets before the season, opting to play out the year, but the strategy backfired. In April, the Jets traded him to Seattle. Washington’s former teammates mention his name often when discussing their current contract situations. C Nick Mangold and ILB David Harris, both entering the final year of their deals, mention his name when talking about the desire for long-term security. CB Darrelle Revis essentially has three years left on his contract, but he’d be taking a big risk this season by playing for only $1 million. The Jets are planning to buy back 2011 and 2012, guaranteeing him a total of $20 million, but they don’t have to execute that transaction until after the 2010 season, when his deal voids. If Revis suffers a Leon-like injury, do you think the Jets will guarantee $20 million? Unlikely. So Revis & Co. are freaked out by a potential Washington disaster. “When something like that happens, it’s fresh in the mind, especially since Leon and I came in together (in 2006),” Mangold told me. Revis told friends that he was unsettled by Giants WR Domenik Hixon’s freak, season-ending knee injury on the turf at the New Meadowlands Stadium, where the New York Giants held a minicamp practice only one day before the Jets.
Dude deserved to get paid, and that injury changed his income by MILLIONS.
