Jenkins extension finalized!

[red]

Love the numbers, even lower than the rumors, but I hope the full $6 million is not just a signing bonus. At least part of it needs to be roster bonus for this year.

i don't think TT would do that, he seems to like the roster bonus game

i'd expect a 2 million roster bonus, and a signing bonus of 4 million

thats a nice manageable PRSB number, just in case for some reason you have to let him go down the road, and its a nice cap number for this season (around 3.7 million)

[ND72]

all i have to say is Yahoo! Good for everyone!

[CaliforniaCheez]

Tom Silverstien did not report how much of the up front money is a roster bonus and how much is signing bonus. It would be best if most of it was a roster bonus.

[BobDobbs]

Definintely good news. We'll see how good Jenkins can be. I don't think he'll pull a Cletidus. Even out of college Hunt was known as a guy who didn't work very hard. I haven't seen Jenkins taking plays off, so it just seems to be a question of talent and getting him to study film with Kampman.
I'm also betting that KGB will accept a pay cut as a part time player, which means this signing may end up saving us more money. Although if KGB can get back up to double digit sack totals he's probably worth the money.

Good off season so far!

[RashanGary]

Good news. I think he'll slightly out play that deal in the long run. Even if we find a superstud DE, Jenkins is so versitile and effective that he'll get on the field for his 70% of the snaps anyway. This is a good move IMO.

It also relieves some of the pressure we had to use our cap money on overpriced FA's.

The best you can hope for with any UFA like Pickett, Manuel and Woodson is that they play up to their contracts. They get paid so much that you never dream of getting a "bargain" and if you do it is so rare. This signing is of the RFA type and was signed with team friendly tenders in mind. This is a contract taht you look at and think "well, this could be a really friendly contract if he plays up to his full potential". You never say that with a UFA.

[Scott Campbell]

Funny. The reaction to this deal is pretty unanimous. Everybody is pretty much saying good work Ted.

When Sherman used to extend guys, the reaction was pretty unanimous too - "He gave him how much??????"

[the_idle_threat]

This signing is great news. A great deal for a relatively young, ascending player.

[Kiwon]

Agreed. Jenkins has earned this extension. Hopefully he will have a breakout year like Kampman did.

[packrulz]

Jenkins is worth that because he can play DT or DE. I still think KGB will get over 10 sacks playing on passing downs, he'll be more effective that way. Montgomery should hopefully give Kampman a breather now and then too.