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Top 10 free-agent gambles: Jets take plenty of fliers

By John Clayton
ESPN.com

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Free agency is always a gamble, but the class of 2008 might make bookmakers in Las Vegas nervous. Of the first 78 players to move to different teams, 48 played less than 50 percent of the downs last season for their previous squads. Over the past three decades, the NFL has developed into a league of role players and situational substitutions. So those figures aren't unusual. Still, it's a gamble to spend millions of dollars for players who aren't on the field half the time. ...

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