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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PackOne" data-source="post: 216486" data-attributes="member: 544">Tight end Bubba Franks, cast aside by the Green Bay Packers after eight seasons with the team, could still be wearing a green uniform in 2008.According to the Newark Star-Ledger, the New York Jets are close to signing Franks.  An announcement could come as early as Monday.The Jets reportedly considered drafting Franks in 2000, when the team had four first-round picks.  Instead, he was taken by the Packers with the fourteenth overall selection.  The Jets drafted tight end Anthony Becht with their fourth and final first-round selection that year.After starting 14 games in 2006, Franks fell out of favor in Green Bay.  Supplanted by Donald Lee, Franks appeared in only eight games in 2007, and started only once.Despite being a three-time Pro Bowler, Franks’ highest receiving yardage came in 2002, when he gained 442 yards on a career-high 54 receptions.</blockquote>

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