Jacksonville’s spending spree continues. Zay Jones is headed to Florida on a three-year agreement, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com tweets.
This deal comes not long after the Jags agreed to give Christian Kirk top-10 receiver money. They are signing Jones for three years and $24MM, with RapSheet adding the contract can max out at $30MM. The deal contains $14MM in guaranteed money, with his 2022 and 2023 base salaries fully guaranteed (per PFF’s Doug Kyed on Twitter). The deal also includes up to $1MM in incentives for each year of the deal.
Although Doug Pederson expressed interest in bringing back DJ Chark, the Jags have now committed big money to one target and reasonable cash to another wideout. Kirk and Zay Jones join Marvin Jones and Laviska Shenault as the top Jacksonville receivers entering the 2022 league year. Evan Engram, who agreed to a one-year deal, will also be part of the equation to help Trevor Lawrence after his rocky rookie year.
A former second-round Bills pick, Zay Jones resurfaced as a decent Raiders option last season. With Henry Ruggs being cut midseason, the Raiders depended more on Jones than they had previously. He caught 47 passes — 33 more than he did in 16 2020 games — for 546 yards and a touchdown last season. While this contract is somewhat surprising, considering Jones reupped with the Raiders for one year and $2.5MM in 2021, the Jags clearly believe he can sustain that performance level.
Doubling as one of the most expensive days in Jaguars history, Monday has also included deals with Brandon Scherff, Folorunso Fatukasi and Foyesade Oluokun. The team that won four games over the past two seasons is certainly bringing in talent, regardless of cost.
I commented earlier that it’s like the Jaguars are trying to spend as much money as possible while improving as little as possible, and I can’t believe they somehow managed to prove that even more true.
How so? Cant really argue with moves they are making!
How so? Kirk is not a top ten receiver, Zay Jones is not worth 8 million per season, and although Oluokun posts high tackle numbers, that doesn’t make him the top-ten inside linebacker they’re paying him to be. Their money could be spent much more efficiently
The Kirk signing I can see….this one….seems like an overpay by a bit. Chark seems like a better option for that money than Jones.
Still need more OL to protect TL.
True. But Scherff plus Evan Neal at #1 overall would go a long way.
Ekwonu would be the better pick.
only on Trade Rumors does 33 and 16 equal 47.
It says 16 games
you are correct. perhaps I should have stopped at 8 beers. but what fun would that be?
Not much fun at all, either way the jags overplayed mightily. What are your thoughts on the Steelers signing trubisky?
It’s a good ZAY in Jacksonville as Jaguars add a WR !!