PFT.com reports that the agent for Leon Washington, Alvin Keels, is set to talk to the club about a new contract for his client. Here’s the report from their site:

Jets running back Leon Washington soon could end up with the new contract he covets.

A league source tells us that agent Alvin Keels has headed to New York for face-to-face negotiations.  Typically, such events occur only when it looks like a sit-down will result in significant progress.

Washington is in the fourth-year of a slotted rookie deal that pays him the minimum base salary of $535,000 in 2009.