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Jets quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick is the team's most important free agent.Adam Hunger/AP

Jets quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick is the team’s most important free agent.

Mike Maccagnan’s first offseason as a GM was highlighted by his splurges and acquisitions, but in year two he needs to adjust course. This time around, he’s dealing with a tight cap situation and is going to have to focus more on who he can keep rather than who he can bring in.

With free agency kicking off in less than a month — it officially starts on March 9 — let’s rank the Jets’ top impending free agents by priority for the team to re-sign.

1. QB Ryan Fitzpatrick

He’s no superstar, but he ought to be the Jets quarterback. Gang Green took a step forward last season, but in order for them to be a contender in 2016, they’re going to need an adequate starting quarterback — and Fitzpatrick is the only player on the roster that has proven he can be just that.

They’ll have to pay up, to a certain degree, given how well Fitzpatrick played last year.

The most obvious comparison for a deal might be Nick Foles, who received about $13.8 million in guarantees on a two-year extension (essentially a three-year deal). The Rams can get out of the final year of that contract with a minimal cap hit. A similar contract could make sense for Fitzpatrick, with perhaps a little more guaranteed money coming the bearded quarterback’s way.

Gang Green needs to keep in mind that Fitzpatrick’s best season came in his 11th year in the league, so there’s some chance that last year was an aberration and that he could revert to playing at the lower level he spent much of his career at.

2. DE Muhammad Wilkerson

Wilkerson has long been irked by the team not signing him to a long-term contract, and it seems there’s a good chance that will continue again this offseason. In all likelihood, Gang Green will use the franchise tag on Wilkerson.

From there, they can trade him, sign him to a long-term deal or have him play out his final season as a Jet and let him walk next offseason.

Wilkerson is a priority because he is a star, but the Jets essentially have three players (Wilkerson, Sheldon Richardson and Leonard Williams) at a spot they only need two starters at. And because the other two are the cheaper, that makes Wilkerson the most expendable. Still, he’s a great player, so if they can’t get back a haul in a trade or can re-sign him on the cheap, the team can still have him play this season and collect a compensation pick for him later.

3. NT Damon Harrison

Damon ‘Snacks’ Harrison seems to be a favorite of Todd Bowles’. The head coach clearly would like to have this exceptional run-stuffer back, and it certainly is possible that he remains in green and white.

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Muhammad Wilkerson (l.) and Damon Harrison are a dynamic duo, but it may not make financial sense to keep them together, especially with Gang Green’s depth at DE.

The good news for the Jets is that nose tackles actually don’t command that high of a price tag on the open market. Vince Wilfork and Terrance Knighton are the top-earning nose tackles right now, per overthecap.com, and each costs only about $4.5 million per year. That could be doable for the Jets, so Bowles might get his wish.

4. RB Chris Ivory

Here’s the highest-priority free agent that doesn’t look all that likely to be re-signed (or tagged). Ivory is coming off of his first 1,000-yard season, but nagging injuries have always seemed to plague him.

That, and the Jets’ financial constraints, mean that fans shouldn’t be surprised if Ivory is bulldozing defenders for someone else next year.

5. RB Bilal Powell

Of the three running backs (Ivory, Powell and Stevan Ridley), Powell seems the most likely to return because he was both effective and cheap. Powell ran for 313 yards last season but his value comes mostly as a third-down back since he can catch (47 receptions last season) and block.

He isn’t talented enough to be a workhorse by himself but is useful to have as an option on the field.

6. ILBs Demario Davis and Erin Henderson

Given the way the Jets platooned these two for much of last year, Davis is probably a goner. He’s a three-year starter so he’ll find a home somewhere, but Davis was a liability in pass coverage. For most of his career he’s been a decent run-stuffer and pass rusher, however.

Henderson is a similar player to Davis but probably will come cheaper given that he is older (29) and was out of the league in 2014. He could come back to the Jets since they’ll need to be frugal with some of their holes.

7. G Willie Colon and OLB Calvin Pace

Two starters (at least to begin last year) who have had good careers but likely are out of time. Colon will turn 33 in April and only played in six games last year due to a knee injury. Pace has lasted longer than nearly anyone thought, but is now 35 years old.

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