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After he started just two of the team's 10 games, the New York Jets announced Monday they waived Quinton Coples.

According to ESPN's Josina Anderson, Coples is looking forward to the next opportunity:

The Jets selected Coples 16th overall in the 2012 draft, and in his first three seasons, he collected 16.5 sacks and forced two fumbles. But he has yet to record a sack in 2015, and his playing time continued to decrease with each week. According to Pro Football Focus, Coples was on the field for 21 snaps over the Jets' last three games.

Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News thought a confluence of various factors led to his departure from New York:

ESPN.com's Field Yates provided the financial particulars for any team that may want to add Coples off the waiver wire:

NFL.com's Chris Trapasso threw out one team that may be a good fit for the former first-rounder:

Although Coples is in the midst of his worst season in the NFL, he'll likely have some interest throughout the league. He's still only 25 years old and might perform much better if he were to move back to defensive end on more of a full-time basis.

Some teams in the playoff hunt might look at him as a calculated gamble at this somewhat late stage of the year.