Jets exercise 5th-year option on Quinton Coples

By The Associated Press
April 23, 2015 | 6:36 PM

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets have exercised their fifth-year option for 2016 on outside linebacker Quinton Coples.

Coples, the Jets’ first-round draft pick in 2012 out of North Carolina, had a career-high 6 1/2 sacks last season. He has 16 1/2 career sacks, 104 tackles and two forced fumbles in his three seasons in New York.

The move Thursday was expected. Teams can exercise a player’s fifth-year option after the final regular-season game of his third season and before May 3 of his fourth season.

The option is worth $7.8 million for next season, but the money is guaranteed only for injury until the start of the league year next March — which is when it becomes fully guaranteed. That gives the Jets time to evaluate Coples’ future beyond this season.

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Woman gets other drivers’ speed cam tickets — again and again

By WTOP Staff
May 9, 2013 | 3:50 AM

WASHINGTON - Miriam Singer's license plate reads "MS" and nothing more. The letters are her initials. But ABC 7 reports Singer -- an 87-year-old Baltimore resident -- has received D.C. speed camera tickets for license plates reading "MS ALF," "MS G" and "MS MAD" in the past four months -- even though she said she hasn't even driven in the District. ABC 7 says speed camera tickets are supposed to be reviewed by a person before being issued. Buel Young, spokesman for the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration, said it's up to police to double-check every ticket for accuracy before it's sent out. The tickets since have been voided by the Metropolitan Police Department, ABC 7 says. MPD spokeswoman Gwen Crump attributed the mistake to human error. Crump also said some Maryland tags require special handling. Young said he wasn't sure what Crump meant by that. See more from ABC 7 below: WTOP's Ari Ashe contributed to this report. Follow @AriAsheWTOP and @WTOP on Twitter.

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