They tried.
"He and the Jets failed to reach a compromise on restructuring his contract; the team wanted him to take a pay cut."
I know that.
There's nothing that assures TJ will get paid, what he wanted to get with the Jets, with a new team.
If he stays out there long enough, TJ will have to rethink his asking price for whatever team that may be interested.
On the Jets side of things, why LT? I'd think about getting younger in the backfield since Green is now 'The Man' in your backfield. *kanyeshrug*