Nick Folk of the New York Jets kicks the ball during the second quarter at MetLife Stadium, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025, in East Rutherford, NJ. for the NY POST

They never should have let him go in the first place.

For Nick Folk, that mistake applies to not only the Jets, his current employer for the second time in his 18-year NFL career, but the Patriots and Titans, too.

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The Jets were the first to make the mistake by not retaining Folk after he kicked for them from 2010 to 2016 and wasn’t brought back for 2017. All Folk did in his seven seasons with the Jets was make 192-of-230 field goals (83.5 percent).

Then came the Patriots, who

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