The Jets have a long history of this sort of stuff, second only to the Raiders.
Boomer Esiason when he was washed out in Cincy, Ronnie Lott when he was done with the 49ers, Art Mon when he was done with the Skins, come to mind...
Ronnie Lott went to the Super Bowl with the Raiders which is much better than most can claim.
There were a lot of teams in the AFC who would have wanted to take on Tampa Bay. Lott was still a very good player.