At the beginning of February, the Jets’ salary cap situation was a frightening one. As the weeks went on, contracts were shredded, and dollars were freed. Most of the decisions weren’t worth arguing. Mike Tannenbaum’s salary cap purge was making sense for the team. All of the moves were logical—except one. Releasing Brandon Moore looked like the classic cliché. The

And so the salary cap purge of 2009 officially begins. As teams race to settle their contract issues before Feb. 27, the New York Jets made their first player personnel decision of the Rex Ryan regime and released ninth-year veteran David Barrett. The cornerback had just completed his fifth season with the Jets, and was a free agent acquisition when