Sheldon Richardson needs to be released immediately

No matter the cost, the New York Jets must cut Sheldon Richardson, now.

The New York Jets are in a lose-lose situation with Sheldon Richardson in 2017. On the one hand, they want to show the team wants its players to be accountable for their actions. So, cutting Richardson would be the obvious recourse. It would show that the team has its pulse on the fan base, too, because the fans are finally tired of Richardson, and they’d be getting rid of a talented player and potentially hurting the team.

On the other hand, the Jets owe him $8 million guaranteed, and they don’t want to eat the money. Richardson is loving life at the moment.

However, as Rich Cimini of ESPN showed us, he’s willing to say and do almost whatever he wants, because he knows there will be no repercussions:

That man knows what he did to the locker room. I was the one who addressed it and I would still address it to this day. If he can’t come out [in the] media and tell ’em what he did and how he actually quit on his team way before the season was over, that’s all in itself.

That latest quote was about Brandon Marshall. He has no business bringing up old stuff or caring about the now New York Giants wide receiver.

This should be the straw that breaks the camel’s back in a long string of events, even though it should’ve been handled last offseason.

First, he was suspended for using marijuana, which by the way requires multiple failed tests to even garner a suspension. Second, he said after that, it would be the last time his name would be in the headlines for all the long reasons.