Quote:We'll just have to agree to disagree, if your argument was "the Jags should pass on Jackson because this draft is rich on the interior of the DL" I would agree with you. But you're acting as if he doesn't deserve $15-18M a year, I disagree. Halfway effective (Vinny Curry) pass rushers are breaking bank, Malik Jackson will get paid big bucks because that's what the market dictates.

 

My argument is two-fold:

 

1.) Absolutely he does not deserve $15-18M per year.  He doesn't deserve the $10-11 million I feel should be his actual market value.

 

2.) We don't have any urgent need for a player in his role to be paying that kind of money.

 

Consider this:

 

Only 3 pass rushers in the entire NFL even make more than $11 million dollars per year entering free agency.  Three.  And you want to pay him like JJ Watt, Justin Houston, and Robert Quinn.  No.  Just no.

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