Leon Washington Now Feels Good About Getting A Deal Done

New York Jets running back Leon Washington told reporters he had no confidence in a deal getting done anytime soon with the team. This was news that crushed Jets fans everywhere as they imagined holdouts and bad feelings detracting from what is supposed to be a stand out season for us. Yesterday the Star Ledger reported that Leon, who staged a one-day holdout before reporting for camp, now feels confident a deal will be done before the start of the regular season. This is just about the best news to come out of the Jets training camp yet. A new deal for Leon is just one item on what is starting to feel like a very long list of things the Jets needed to address before the coming season. With concerns about depth, finding a TE solution and figuring out which, if any, of our current wide receivers will make the cut as starters, this Washington deal going sour is just about the last thing most Jets fans want to hear about. I think it is safe to say that fans and beat reporters have the ...