The Christian Kirk deal with the #Jaguars is gigantic: He's expected to sign a deal that will come in at the 4-year, $68M range, per @AdamSchefter. That would be $17M per season. Might end up being more.
Originally Posted by Dante84:
I'm legitimately wondering if that's the strategy moving forward, especially after Mecole's slow start.
The logic would be to arm PM with proven talent at a critical position that can help win now, and develop the youth on the defensive side of the ball.
It's also sort of putting the proven commodity where you know it will excel. Like we know we're scoring 35 a game if we get Pat two more receiving targets. We can win a lot of close games like that even without much of a pass rush, but if we add expensive DE's via FA and draft rookie WRs we aren't as sure either side will make the jump. Then if the pass rush gets much help at all from rookies/cheap FAs it's just icing on the cake. [Reply]