If Mekhi Becton stays healthy for the rest of the 2023 season, the Jets will retain him using the franchise tag for 2024.

Explicit next-year scope controls; do not turn later rhetorical never-seen-again wording into a new perpetual career wager.

Philadelphia signed Becton on April 29, 2024; he played that season for the Eagles.

Later repeated or revised forecast under the same proposition. Exact wording is preserved and no additional score is assigned.

Later repeated or revised forecast under the same proposition. Exact wording is preserved and no additional score is assigned.

Explicit endorsement of the quoted let-Becton-walk proposal, linked to the earlier December13 departure call.

Explicit next-year scope controls; do not turn later rhetorical never-seen-again wording into a new perpetual career wager. Jev advisory and original-source context manually reviewed; source-specific review decisions retained in the batch audit.

Earlier conditional retention forecast preserves the franchise-tag mechanism. The later unconditional departure revision does not create a separate score.

Earlier conditional retention forecast preserves the franchise-tag mechanism. The later unconditional departure revision does not create a separate score.

Becton left the Buffalo game with an ankle injury and was inactive against Miami on November 24. The stated remaining-season health condition was not met.

Earlier conditional retention forecast preserves the franchise-tag mechanism. The later unconditional departure revision does not create a separate score. Jev advisory and original-source context manually reviewed; source-specific review decisions retained in the batch audit.