But beyond these next six games, the Jets will look deep into the free-agent market.

Our opportunity in the free-agent market will be two years from now.

Under this system, something of a real free-agent market has developed.

This is my first time in the free-agent market and it was very tough.

"But for three years at those numbers, we wanted to focus more on the 29- to 32-year-olds in the free-agent market."

But now, he could command more money on the free-agent market.

Or even if only because he could enter the free-agent market and find no one at the other end of the phone.

They didn't exactly throw themselves between him and the free-agent market.

But they were among the bigger players during the summer's free-agent market.

None were available in a trade, and the free-agent market isn't open during the season.