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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — There’s one more change coming for the New York Jets following an offseason of upheaval. For the first time ever, the Jets will hold an entire training camp at their spacious facility in Florham Park, where players will report on Wednesday.

The Jets, who conducted training camp for decades at Hofstra University on Long Island before shifting to upstate Cortland in 2009, had training camp in Florham Park in 2011, but that abbreviated camp was hastily put together after the lockout in late July.

However, one thing hasn’t changed for the Jets: High expectations.

Most teams coming off 4-12 seasons and breaking in new regimes are embarking upon full-scale rebuilding projects. But new coach Todd Bowles and general manager Mike Maccagnan will be looking to win right away after Maccagnan spent his first few months on the job wheeling and dealing.

Maccagnan, with an assist from formerly penny-pinching owner Woody Johnson, spent more than $100 million in free agency, where he lured former Jets All-Pro cornerbacks Darrelle Revis and Antonio Cromartie back into the fold. He also addressed two more areas of need by acquiring wide receiver Brandon Marshall and quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick via trades.

All four players are on the older side of 30, which means there’s a definite sense of urgency around the Jets. But the player with the most pressure on him is a relative youngster: third-year quarterback Geno Smith, who doesn’t turn 25 until October.

If Smith can develop into a game manager, correct his turnover-prone ways and mature a bit more on and off the field, then the Jets may have both a shot at dethroning the New England Patriots atop the AFC East and their long-term answer at quarterback.

If not, then Fitzpatrick will be behind center sooner than later and the Jets will be in the unenviable position of looking for a franchise quarterback while fielding a roster that otherwise is built to win now.

Of course, that’s nothing new for the Jets, who have been looking for the next Joe Namath for the last 39 years. But it’s a situation with which they’d rather not remain familiar.

CAMP CALENDAR

July 29: Entire team reports.

July 30: First practice.

Aug. 27: Camp ends.

–Team strength: Cornerback.

New general manager Mike Maccagnan wasted little time addressing an area ex-general manager John Idzik left barren. Maccagnan — with an assist from owner Woody Johnson’s suddenly open wallet — signed future Hall of Famer Darrelle Revis and Antonio Cromartie to turn the league’s worst cornerback corps into one of its best. Unlike Idzik, who talked a good game about fostering competition but did little to actually create it, Maccagnan also bolstered the Jets’ depth at the position by signing free agent Buster Skrine. That means Dee Milliner, a first-round pick just two years ago, is the Jets’ No. 4 cornerback. Not bad.

–Breakout player: Strong safety Calvin Pryor.

The hard hitter struggled as a rookie last season, when he played out of position under coach Rex Ryan, who often ignored the safety position. But Maccagnan signed Marcus Gilchrist to play free safety, which will allow the ferocious Pryor to patrol the back end of the secondary and deliver the jarring hits he became famous for at Louisville.

–Work in progress: Quarterback.

What else? The Jets embody the cliche that if you have more than one quarterback you have none. Geno Smith showed flashes of improvement this spring, especially during minicamp, but he has always looked better in shorts than in uniform.

Ryan Fitzpatrick provides Smith his first legitimate competition for the starting job since Mark Sanchez was injured in August 2013, but Fitzpatrick’s track record of providing a quick spark before fading fast doesn’t suggest he is the season-long answer. Boom-or-bust, cannon-armed fourth-round pick Bryce Petty is at least a year away from vying for the starting job.

The best-case scenario for the Jets is that Smith matures, on and off the field, this summer and establishes himself as the starter for a team with playoff aspirations. More likely, the Jets will have to hope to get half a season’s worth of competence out of Smith before hoping that Fitzpatrick has enough gas to get them over the finish line.