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No season ticket price increase in 2017 for Woody Johnson's Jets. (AP Photo | Mel Evans)

The Jets announced Tuesday that they won't raise season ticket prices in 2017. The prices will remain flat.

This comes as zero surprise, considering the team went 5-11 last season, after finishing 10-6 in coach Todd Bowles' first season, 2015.

Jets owner Woody Johnson said in January that season ticket prices probably would not increase for 2017.

In the Jets' Tuesday announcement, they also announced a "signing bonus" for season ticket renewals. Upon renewal, a season ticket holder will receive $20 to $100 in Jets Cash per seat, to be used for food, drink, and merchandise at MetLife Stadium.

Entering 2016, the Jets raised season ticket prices 4 percent. Entering 2015, the prices remained flat, coming off a 4-12 season in 2014.

Entering 2014, the Jets raised the prices for the first time since 2011, when they were coming off back-to-back AFC title game appearances.

To recap: The Jets went 8-8 in 2013, and then raised season ticket prices for the next season. After a horrible season in 2014, the prices remained flat. They were increased following a successful debut for Bowles in 2015. And they're flat again coming off last year's 5-11 debacle.

Just like the prices remaining flat entering 2015, Tuesday's announcement adheres to common sense. The Jets would've taken a public beating if they raised prices, which Johnson obviously realized when he made that statement in January, during his year-end media session.

"We haven't decided what we're going to do with ticket prices this year," Johnson said at the time. "We probably won't raise them."

The Jets face a significant rebuilding job as they enter 2017, the third season for both Bowles and general manager Mike Maccagnan. It seems highly unlikely the Jets will be a serious playoff contender. They last reached the playoffs in 2010.

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