Dee Milliner’s Contract Option Not Picked Up by Jets: Latest Comments, Reaction

May 2, 2016   ·   Matt Fitzgerald   ·   Jump to comments

The New York Jets made a rather unsurprising decision on Monday in declining to pick up the fifth-year option on cornerback Dee Milliner's rookie contract. 
ESPN.com's Rich Cimini reported the news of the Jets' transaction, which would have had them on the hook for an $11.9 million salary in 2017 for a player who's yet to play to that price tag in his young NFL career.
Milliner was the ninth overall pick in the 2013 NFL draft but has been a bust. After making 12 starts in 13 games with 17 passes defensed, 56 combined tackles and three interceptions as a rookie, the 24-year-old has appeared in only eight games over the past two seasons.
A torn Achilles tendon was to blame for cutting Milliner's 2014 campaign short. Last year, he underwent right wrist surgery and was activated in November—only to see sparse special teams action.
Based on his results to date, though, Milliner could already be considered an excessive cost to New York, as he's due to count $4....

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