FLORHAM PARK – The Jets are mired in a miserable season. The Seahawks are angling for a second straight Super Bowl championship. But wide receiver Percy Harvin said he enjoys the vibe he feels around the Jets more than he did in Seattle.

“I guess you could say that,” Harvin said Tuesday. “I just feel at home here.”

Harvin emphasized that he has no hard feelings for his former teammates in Seattle, but said he feels “at peace” with the Jets. He has played three games with them since they acquired him in a trade with the Seahawks.

They dumped Harvin for next to nothing (a conditional late-round draft pick) after his fights with teammates and reported refusal to re-enter a game apparently became too intolerable for general manager John Schneider and coach Pete Carroll.

Harvin has been on his best behavior with the Jets – and he has plenty of financial motivation to play nice. He evaded a direct question about whether he is happier with the Jets than he was in Seattle.

“Um, I’m just at peace right now,” Harvin said. “I’m enjoying playing football right now. I’m just loving coming into work every day with my teammates. That’s what you want. You just want to be able to come in, have peace, you love your teammates, and you go from there.”

The Jets are 2-8, and the Seahawks are 6-3. Obviously, things soured with Harvin in Seattle, and he is trying to make a good impression with the Jets, so it is not surprising to hear him say he is happy in New York. But when he could’ve enjoyed a winning season in Seattle, what makes him feel happier on a team that is going nowhere?

“I enjoy coming to work,” he said. “Any time you love coming to work, that’s peace for me. Any time you wake up, your drive going to work, you love, and you love all your teammates, the coaching staff, you’re involved, it’s all good. As far as Seattle, I wish them all well. I get texts from my teammates all the time from over there. It’s still all love. If those guys do go on and win the Super Bowl, I tip my hat off to them. No ill will here.”

Through three games with the Jets, Harvin has 17 catches (on 27 targets) for 174 yards. He has 11 rushes for 69 yards. He has yet to score a touchdown. He is averaging 27.9 yards on nine kickoff returns, with a long of 65 that probably would have resulted in a touchdown if the Chiefs’ kicker didn’t trip him.

After Sunday’s win over the Steelers, quarterback Michael Vick raved about the impact Harvin is having on the Jets’ offense, because defenses have to recognize and plan for his field-stretching potential.

Harvin came to the Jets on what amounted to a nine-game tryout, and he is one-third of the way through it. He has no guaranteed money on his lucrative contract past this year. His salary cap figures for the deal's final four years (2015-18) are scheduled to be $10.5 million, $9.9 million, $9.95 million and $11.15 million.

If he wanted the Jets to pick up his contract – or earn close to that $10.5 million base salary next season, from the Jets or anybody else – then he needed to demonstrate in this season’s final nine games that he could co-exist with teammates in a new locker room, while producing on the field.

To hear Harvin tell it, everything has been so far, so good in his brief time with the Jets.

“I know my parents call me all the time and ask me how I’m doing, and they’re just noticing in my voice that I’m just at peace, and I’m calm,” Harvin said. “I’m just able to come in and play football and just not have to worry about the outside stuff. I’m loving it right now. Since the trade happened, I’ve been calm the whole time. It’s been all peace and all good for me. The transition has been very smooth. I’m hoping it stays that way.”

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