Turning 38 last week, Thomas Morstead still showed the Jets enough to command a multiyear contract. Following through on an effort to re-sign Morstead, the team is giving him a deal through 2025.
Morstead’s two-year contract will be worth more than $5M, according to The33rdTeam.com’s Ari Meirov. Morstead joined the Jets last year, doing so after a season with the Dolphins. The Jets have now re-signed both Morstead and Greg Zuerlein. The veteran kicker also received a two-year deal.
The 15-year veteran averaged 48.8 yards per punt last season – the second-most of his career – and that came on a rather large number of punts, as the Jets’ offense ran into some memorable struggles. Morstead’s 99 boots led the NFL, coming after he only punted 61 times in 17 Dolphins games. This represents the former Super Bowl winner’s second Jets stint, as the team used him in seven games during the 2021 season.
Morstead replaced Braden Mann as the Jets’ punter, though the team has not run into the turnover it has at kicker. Zuerlein stopped a run of several seasons with new kickers. He and Morstead are each tied to deals that will take them into their late 30s. Morstead, who earned second-team All-Pro acclaim with the Saints back in 2012, is now under contract through his age-39 season.
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