Timmy Jernigan signed a four-year, $48MM extension late in the 2017 season. The Eagles are cutting bait after that deal’s first season.
The Eagles will not pick up the defensive tackle’s option, according to ESPN.com’s Adam Schefter (on Twitter). This was rumored to be in the works, and it will save the team $7MM. However, because of the early dismissal, the Eagles will eat $6MM in dead money.
After missing a chunk of last season because of an offseason injury, Jernigan will not head to the market with much steam. The Ravens traded him to the Eagles in 2017, and he performed well enough the eventual Super Bowl champions authorized a high-end extension. Jernigan played just 100 snaps last season, suiting up for just three regular-season games.
Howie Roseman has been busy recently, having authorized a new deal for Brandon Graham and extended Jason Kelce and Isaac Seumalo. The Eagles, who entered the day with barely $4MM in cap space, are also shopping Michael Bennett and his $7.2MM salary. Jernigan would have made $11MM in base salary next season.
They signed him to that contract they should honor it. Wait or does that idiotic saying only apply to players?
They say “It’s business” when teams cut players B4 the contract is up, but players are greedy when they outperform their contracts and want a new deal
Yup! The double standard is so real
That’s why I don’t have a single problem with what LeVeon Bell did. He wants security and guaranteed money. As AD says “The CEO of his own business”
No way! “He quit on his team” LMAO!
The contract was signed before Jernigan’s back injury – which was not football related. They redid the deal to make it 4 separate one-year contracts for $11MM each. The Eagles are simply not picking up the options on the latter 3 contracts.
It may be that the Eagles re-sign him to a contract of lesser value as a base with incentives built in.
Perhaps both of you should actually know what you’re talking about before you pompously criticize the Eagles about double standards.
Jernigan injured himself in a non-team sanctioned activity and thus voided his contract. The Eagles could’ve just dumped him and not paid him anything. Instead they made the last 3 years of his recent deal option years. By declining the option they are simply exercising their rights under the new, mutually agreed about contract. Thanks for playing tho…
If I’m not mistaken he got hurt outside he scope of team activities and they could’ve voided the whole deal and dumped him then. But they paid him some money as a good faith gesture and will now dump him.
Wow, someone who actually has a clue unlike TheTruth, troll_smasher, ktyson and most of the others who comment here. Congrats!
They were just speaking of the NFL’s absurd double-standard, pro-owner propaganda. Per Jernigan, I think PFR is wrong here. I thought the Birds could recoup all dead money against the cap. I know OverTheCap and Spotrac still have the deal as it was signed, but I believe they get to release Jernigan — but it plays more like a team option without any dead money. Like Jason Kelce’s contract before he just inked his extension a few days ago.
Thank you Tom! These fools are so QUICK to jump out defend THEIR teams that they had no idea what the REAL, broad points of the comments were meaning. TRIGGERED sycophants are the best to get riled up
Speaking of Stupid Money I fear the Eagles may decline if they can’t get their spending choices under control.