lito sheppard

THE BIG FISH: The Jets, after some uneasy moments, signed former Ravens ILB Bart Scott to a 6-year, $48 million contract. He'll get $27 million in the first three years. Wow. Scott and David Harris will make a formidable inside tandem. They picked Scott over Ray Lewis, who still is floating in free-agent limbo.

LITO: Looking for a corner to start opposite Darrelle Revis, they have worked out a trade for Eagles CB Lito Sheppard, a two-time Pro Bowl player. The trade, of course, is pending a physical, which will happen Saturday. The Jets will surrender a fifth-round pick in '09 and a conditional pick in '10 (anywhere from a second- to a fifth-rounder). It's a potentially steep price to pay for a guy coming off a disappointing year. Evidently, Tannenbaum wasn't thrilled with the free-agent market or the prospects of finding a starting-caliber corner in the draft.

THE COMEBACK KID: One day after being released in cap move, RG Brandon Moore is back. Hours after being spurned by Steelers G Chris Kemoeatu, who re-signed with the Steelers, the Jets reached out to Moore and finalized a four-year, $16 million deal that includes $10 million in guarantees. If they had kept Moore under his previous contract, it would've been four years, $15.6 million, including $7.6 million in guarantees. One day of unemployment worked out nicely for Moore. It was a smart move to bring him back.

A FLOCK OF RAVENS: Nickel CB Corey Ivy visited Friday. He took a physical, but left without a contract. There's still a chance a deal could get done. S James Leonhard, a Rex Ryan favorite from their days in Baltimore, arrives Saturday for his official visit. That deal figures to get done.

THE BORDER WAR: Former Jets TE Chris Baker signed with the Patriots, a deal believed to be at least four years. I caught up with Baker Friday afternoon, and he said the Jets never made an attempt to re-sign him. "The Patriots were really aggressive," he said. "The Jets never pursued me. ... My agent called them the other day, just to tell them I was going to visit New England, and (the Jets) really didn't have a response. It didn't go much further than that. I wanted to feel wanted, and the Patriots made me feel wanted. I feel very fortunate. I get to play with Tom Brady and Randy Moss, two Hall of Famers."