"Mike Tannenbaum" is a professional American football executive, who is currently the Executive Vice President of Football Operations for the Miami Dolphins. Prior to that, he served as the general manager for the New York Jets of the National Football League.

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Curtis Martin is a special person and a player destined for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He has confirmed through his actions that he is always seeking ways to help the New York Jets win football games and to lead the team both verbally and through his extremely high level of play.

Curtis places the accomplishments of the team ahead of his personal goals and is willing to sacrifice in all areas of the arena for the New York Jets. He has set aside what may be in his best short-term interest for the immediate and long-term goals of this organization.

What will my job description be as the general manager of the New York Jets? It's one sentence: My job is to get the head coach players. We will look under every rock, every day.

Curtis is willing to sacrifice in all areas of the arena for the New York Jets.

The franchise tag is one of the resources we have to protect ourselves in a competitive league. By franchising John, it speaks volumes about what type of player we feel he is, and we stand behind our decision, with the full realization that at this point in time, it is in the best interest of the club, from both a financial and competitive standpoint.

It's not going to happen overnight.

I had a great conversation with him. It was a private conversation, but he was very happy for me.

Jason Fabini and Jerald Sowell were players that the Jets could rely upon every week.

I look at it more as experience than youth, being in the league now for 11 years. I'm approaching this job with all the energy in the world.