NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Jets and safety Brodney Pool, whose career was threatened by several head injuries, have agreed in principle to a one-year contract.
The move Thursday gives the Jets a replacement for Kerry Rhodes, whom they traded to Arizona last weekend, as long as Pool is healthy.
He has been cleared to play, but Pool missed Cleveland’s final five games last season after sustaining at least his fourth known concussion. He wasn’t given a second-round tender by the Browns last week, making him an unrestricted free agent.
Pool, a second-round pick out of Oklahoma in 2005, had 50 tackles, four interceptions and a sack before being injured at Cincinnati in Week 12. He has 11 interceptions and four sacks in five seasons, all with the Browns.
