In a Thursday appearance on Sirius NFL Radio, Jets tight end Chris Baker talked about his current contract dispute with the Jets.  And Baker’s comments only reinforce our belief that the front office has a serious credibility problem in the locker room.

“They said go out and have a good year and we will talk,” Baker said, via Dan Leberfeld of Scout.com.  “I did my part, and they haven’t done their part.”

Baker added that he hopes the Jets will “step up and honor what they said.”

Though he is staying away from voluntary offseason workouts, Baker wouldn’t commit to skipping mandatory activities and/or training camp.

The problem is that the Jets seem to be throwing around vague promises, which then become issues of interpretation.  In Baker’s case, maybe they have a different interpretation of the term “good year.”  

But that’s all the more reason to be precise and specific with these players.  They will rely on the things that are told to them, especially when those things will affect the size of their paychecks. 

And so we think it’s no coincidence that Pete Kendall and Laveranues Coles and now Baker have claimed that the team has broken promises.  And we have a feeling that more players will eventually feel this way if the Jets don’t make dramatic changes to the way they deal with players who hope to improve their financial situations.