Under new GM John Idzik, the Jets took an NBC approach in the offseason -- no big contracts.

They made little or no effort to re-sign any of their own big-ticket free agents. In fact, Tanner Purdum -- the long snapper, for crying out loud -- was the only veteran to receive a multiyear contract to re-sign. What does that tell you?

The Jets spent modestly in free agency, doling out several one-year deals. Even the multi-year deals were relatively small, allowing them to flexibility to cut players after one year with no serious cap ramifications. By 2014, their salary-cap house should be in order. The only difficult-to-cut contracts in '14 will be C Nick Mangold and LT D'Brickashaw Ferguson, neither of whom should be in jeopardy, anyway.

A breakdown of how they spent this offseason:

FREE AGENTS RE-SIGNED

Total amount of contracts: $8.08 million

Total amount of guaranteed money: $310,000

TRADES

Total amount of contracts: $6.0 million

Total amount of guaranteed money: $2.25 million

FREE AGENTS SIGNED

Total amount of contracts: $19.58 million

Total amount of guaranteed money: $2.94 million

DRAFT PICKS

Total amount of contracts: $37.48 million

Total amount of guaranteed money: $26.21 million