Mike Reiss and Christopher L. Gasper, of the Boston Globe, reported the New York Jets have permitted LB Jonathan Vilma to seek a trade, but he does not have permission to shop his services to the New England Patriots, according to sources close to Vilma.
Do you think there is still some bad blood between the Patriots and the Jets? None of it really matters though, because Vilma has proven not to be a good fit for the 3-4 defense. Vilma needs to play for a team that runs a 4-3, which is not the case with the Patriots. Plus the fact that they are divisional rivals almost made this a guarantee of not happening! Occasionally inter-division trades do happen, but it is not that frequent. Some AFC East Divisional rival trades include the Dolphins Wes Welker trade to the Patriots, the Patriots Curtis Martin trade to the Jets, and the Patriots Drew Bledsoe trade to the Bills. Still funny though that the Jets had to spell this one out! Guess they are not that worried about the Dolphins and the Bills.
Now Free Agent pickups within the division, that is a different story!
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