Chandler Catanzaro got to the New York Jets' facility early

Friday morning and headed to Adam Gase's office to deliver his surprising news.The 28-year-old kicker chose to retire from playing football after a shaky start to training camp."He came in and told me that he was done Darius Slayton Buffalo Bills Jersey , retiring," Gase said Sunday, a few hours after the team announced Catanzaro's decision.Catanzaro signed with New York during the offseason for a second stint with the team, but struggled with consistency during camp. He then missed two extra points in the Jets' 31-22 preseason-opening loss to the Giants on Thursday night.Apparently, that cemented Catanzaro's decision."What a ride," Catanzaro wrote on Instagram. "God has blessed me far more than I deserve. When I finished my career at Clemson, playing in the NFL was just a dream. After five years in the league, it's time to move on. I can't say I ever thought I would've been a kicker, but I'm thankful that kicking chose me."Gase said Catanzaro didn't give him a detailed reason as to why he wanted to walk away from the game, but the coach added he had no idea the kicker was leaning that way."I appreciated the fact that he came in there," Gase said. "He could've easily rode it out and kind of seen what happened. But, I appreciate him doing that at that time and just being straight with me."Gase then relayed the news to general manager Joe Douglas, who brought in several kickers to work out for the team. The Jets signed Taylor Bertolet, who was impressive while with them last summer before the team decided to go with veteran Jason Myers.Catanzaro spent his first three NFL seasons with Arizona, including setting the franchise rookie record with 114 points in 2014. He joined New York in 2017 Youth Michael Strahan Jerseys , and then played for Tampa Bay and Carolina last season. Catanzaro converted 83.8% of his career field goal attempts, and was 92.9% successful on extra points."I've been through the highest of highs, the lowest of lows, and everything in between," Catanzaro wrote. "I've learned so much about myself and about life through the game of football. I have no regrets. I worked my tail off and gave my absolute best every time I stepped onto the field."New York could look to bring in another kicker to compete with Bertolet, who has no NFL regular-season experience. He made five of his seven attempts during his first practice."I mean, this is where we're at right now," Gase said. "We'll kind of see how everything goes. From what I saw today, I was pretty impressed. It sounded good coming off his foot."Bertolet and Myers had a good competition last summer, and special teams coordinator Brant Boyer was high on the former Texas A&M kicker. But the Jets stuck with Myers, who was selected for his first Pro Bowl but left in March to sign with Seattle in free agency.The 26-year-old Bertolet last kicked for the Salt Lake Stallions of the Alliance of American Football in the winter. He has also spent time with Denver and the Los Angeles Rams since going undrafted in 2016.MAYE DAYESafety Marcus Maye was activated from the physically unable to perform list after being sidelined since the start of camp while recovering from shoulder surgery in December.Gase had been uncertain as to when Maye would be back with the team, saying last week that the 2017 second-rounder out of Florida was dealing with a nerve issue in the shoulder. Maye was cleared by doctors and was on the field Sunday, but was a limited participant."He's been begging me to get out there," Gase said. "We were trying to be smart about putting him out there. We didn't want to be wrong. If we were a little cautious, then that was fine."Maye is expected to be a starter opposite Jamal Adams. He has dealt with a handful of injuries the past few years Michael Strahan Jerseys Stitched , dating to his college days, and that has limited his time on the field."It felt great," Maye said of suiting up again. "It was a long process. But just getting out there and running around, getting the feel of things and just being out there with the guys, it definitely feels good to be back."TRAINER'S ROOMCB Trumaine Johnson injured a hamstring while returning an interception for a touchdown in team drills. Gase said the team's top cornerback would have tests, but didn't sound optimistic. "I mean, any time a guy that makes a living running has a hamstring (injury)," the coach said, "we'll just kind of see how it goes." ... Gase said RG Brian Winters is "week to week" with a shoulder injury suffered while lining up during an extra point try in the first quarter against the Giants. ... LB Avery Williamson hurt a foot in the game. ... Rookie LB Blake Cashman has a calf/hamstring injury. ... DE Leonard Williams remains sidelined with irritation in his hip. "We're going to be slow with that and just make sure he's all right," Gase said. ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Dave Gettleman’s trash seems to be the Washington Redskins‘ treasure.Three years after the-then Carolina Panthers general manager let cornerback Josh Norman out of his franchise tag, Gettleman opted for his New York Giants not to use the franchise tag on safety Landon Collins and let him go to free agency. Each time, Washington pounced and now has two big names in the secondary.“It doesn’t happen very often,” coach Jay Gruden said Thursday. “You see it happening throughout the league a little bit now, but to have a chance to actually get one Youth Saquon Barkley Jerseys , it’s great.”The Redskins actually got two after signing Collins to an $84 million, six-year contract with $45 million guaranteed. They’ve got a very motivated player who will see his former team twice this season and for years to come.“It’s definitely circled on my schedule because at the end of the day, you always want to show a team why you should’ve kept a player,” Collins said Thursday after his introductory news conference. “It’s always something that pushes a player even more. It’s going to be a great opportunity to just play against them and showcase them why they should have re-signed” me.Just like when Norman signed for $75 million over five years back in 2016, Collins wasn’t supposed to be available. The Giants could have franchise tagged Collins for $11.2 million or negotiated a long-term deal.But last season didn’t make Collins enthusiastic about re-signing with New York, and he wound up with an average of $14 million a year.“When we were going through the turmoil that was going on up there and all the craziness, all the trades, all the cuts, I was like, ‘I don’t think I’m here either,'” Collins said. “No talks was going on, nothing was being said. I was just going out there day by day, practice by practice handling my business. I don’t know what the future holds with the New York Giants, but I’m glad it happened because now I’m in that burgundy and gold.”Since Gettleman took over as Giants GM, he has traded defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul Saquon Barkley Jerseys Stitched , cornerback Eli Apple and nose tackle Damon Harrison. Collins wasn’t at all surprised when Gettleman traded receiver Odell Beckham Jr. and defensive end Olivier Vernon earlier this week because things are certainly changing with his old team.“I knew it was going to happen,” Collins said. “I just feel like (the Giants are) going in a different direction and we just are not in their vision.”Collins, 25, doesn’t want to think about why he wasn’t in the Giants’ plans and hopes they’re happy about the four years he gave them. In that time, he had eight interceptions, and his 428 tackles lead all safeties since the start of the 2015 season.Those ball-hawking skills drew the Redskins to Collins to solve an organizational problem of starting 17 different safeties in Gruden’s five years. Senior vice president of player personnel Doug Williams has been watching Collins the past four years and is now glad to watch him up close for what he hopes will be a long time.“When you see him on the field, you knew that he was one of the best football players on the field,” Williams said. “You’re talking about a 25-year-old you can see playing for the next six, seven years. And to be able to get him in the mix, put him in this defense with the guys, the young guys that we have up front, it’s hard to not want a guy like that on your football team.”