It does hurt the jets. The cap space wasted on that player would mean we cant roll over the space into next years cap to be put to better use.If that contract doesn't hurt the jets, who is hurting besides the contrived wannabe GM feelings of Jets fans?
Like signing a good free agent next season when we have a much clearer idea of what kind of team we have.
Idzik is trying to build something not satisfy a bunch of armchair GMs.
Spending money just because you have it is what led to the roster being so garbage in the first place.