Former Jets tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins has agreed to a new contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The #Jaguars are signing former #Jets TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins to a 2-year worth $10M, source said. He can make up to $11M. @Schultz_Report on it first.
That isn’t far off from the 2 year, $8 million contract the Jets offered before free agency started. There was a report from earlier this week that the Jets had even raised their offer a bit from that initial bid. With that in mind, it seems a bit surprising the two sides did not bridge the small divide.
Perhaps it suggests there was more at play than money here. Seferian-Jenkins reportedly sought a $7 million annual salary. Did he take the Jets’ offer personally? Did he just choose what he thought was the better team with the money roughly equal?
In any event, I don’t think this was a great loss for the Jets. Seferian-Jenkins turned his life around with the Jets. On the field his impact was more limited with only 357 receiving yards and mediocre blocking.
For his part, Seferian-Jenkins posted a classy goodbye to the Jets on social media.