Linebacker Calvin Pace left the Cardinals in free agency because ... because ... well, because the Jets were offering yoga, Pilates and a few square meals. That's what Pace told Dave Hutchinson of the Newark Star-Ledger, anyway. The story also includes revealing quotes from Bryan Thomas explaining why his play fell off last season. But the stuff from Pace might raise a few eyebrows in Arizona. Wrote Hutchinson:
Pace said it wasn't the money -- or the helicopter ride from Long Island to the team's new training complex in Florham Park during his recruiting visit -- that made him chose the Jets over the Dolphins.
"It's the little things," said Pace, who spent his first five seasons in Arizona. "You don't need valet service. You just want people to show you it's all about trying to win. (The Jets) laid things out as far as yoga classes, the Pilates, training staff. Those are things I've never seen before in the NFL.
"Things like lunch and breakfast before you work out. I've never had that. (In Arizona), you had to eat before you came and it was your job to eat when you left."
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