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UPDATE: Contract details
Spencer Long's 4-year, $27.4M contract with #Jets: Guarantee: $6M (includes $1M roster bonus in coming days). Base salaries: $5M (fully gtd), $3M, $6.25M, $6.65M. Cap: $6.65M, $6.5M, $6.75M, $7.15M. A $3M roster bonus becomes gtd if on roster next Feb.
— Rich Cimini (@RichCimini) March 22, 2018
Jets pact with Spencer Long set to become official when the new league year begins this afternoon
— Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) March 14, 2018
Jets plan on using Long as a center, the position the Nebraska product had started at the last two years.
— Mike Jones (@ByMikeJones) March 14, 2018
Spencer Long will reportedly sign with the New York Jets when free agency officially starts at 4pm today. The Redskins had no plans of re-signing their former 3rd round pick from 2014. Long started games at guard to begin his career with the Redskins, but became a starter at center following Kory Lichtensteiger's injury in 2016. The Jets plan to play Long at center.
The Redskins drafted Chase Roullier in the 6th round this year, and plan to move forward with him at center. Roullier started 7 games last season due to a quad injury that ended Long's season. Roullier was also injured and missed 3 games after hand surgery, but returned to start the final 3 games.