After being noncommittal about his future near the end of the season, Josh McCown says that he wants to continue playing football and would like to return to the New York Jets.

"Right now, that's how it's looking," McCown said on the NFL Network. "At this time of the year, I go through those conversations with my family, talk with them through that, pray through that.

"But where we're at right now, I feel like I want to play. ... I'm looking forward to the next few months, seeing what happens, and I'll be ready to go."

McCown, who turns 39 on July 4, is a pending free agent after playing on a one-year contract that earned him $7.625 million, including playing-time bonuses.

The New York Jets are expected to promote Jeremy Bates to offensive coordinator. 

Bates was quarterbacks coach of the Jets last season.

The Jets fired John Morton this offseason.

The New York Jets have fired offensive coordinator John Morton.

Morton was in his first season with the Jets after spending the 2015 and 2016 seasons with the Saints as wide receivers coach.

Morton was previously offensive coordinator of USC.

The New York Jets are lowering season-ticket prices by a weighted average of 11 percent compared with last season.

The cheapest tickets in the upper deck will be $45 a game, while tickets in the mezzanine will cost $95 per game. The mezzanine tickets were previously available only with a $2,500 to $4,000 personal seat license.

"Every year, when we are doing our pricing, we look across the league, at industry trends, at New York entertainment and the secondary market," Jets president Neil Glat said. "We made the adjustment because we want to continue to add value."

The Jets have had two straight 5-11 seasons, finishing their seventh consecutive season without a trip to the postseason.

The New York Jets are open to trading up for a quarterback in the draft. The Jets currently own the sixth overall pick.

"The simple answer to that question is yes," Mike Maccagnan said when asked about trading up. "If that was a player we felt strong about, we would have no qualms of potentially trying to go up and get him."

Maccagnan made inquiries in 2016 about trading up for either Jared Goff or Carson Wentz.

Josh Allen, Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold and Josh Rosen are expected to be the top available quarterbacks.

The NFL has five teams ranking in the top-10 in DVOA on both Offense and Defense at the end of the regular season in the Vikings, Rams, Saints, Steelers and Eagles.

The Chiefs, Cowboys, Chargers, Falcons and Patriots also rank in the top-10 on offense, while the Jaguars, Broncos, Panthers, Ravens and Cardinals rank in the top-10 on defense.