Bills plan to tender Dane Jackson

[Reed83HOF]

 

 

 

Edited March 14, 2023 by Reed83HOF

[JohnBonhamRocks]

Good value. Can never have enough corners.
 

Lil Dirty called it! /s

[C.Biscuit97]

🥳

[Phils n Bills]

Boom baby!! There it is! 

[BillsFan130]

I like bringing Dane back but at 2.7 Mil? That seems a bit high?

 

For some reason I thought it would be under 2

[MrEpsYtown]

I’m a bit surprised, but he is functional depth. Good for him. 

[Patrick Duffy]

Whatever the case, he's ok for depth I guess. 

[Ethan in Cleveland]

Good move. Still relatively cheap for a guy that can be a low end starter. 

I wonder if in camp they give him and Elam some reps at nickel. I dont think Johnson is going anywhere but if he went down for an extended length of time I would want to know if either of those guys can play inside.  

[MasterStrategist]

13 minutes ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

Good move. Still relatively cheap for a guy that can be a low end starter. 

I wonder if in camp they give him and Elam some reps at nickel. I dont think Johnson is going anywhere but if he went down for an extended length of time I would want to know if either of those guys can play inside.  

Completely agree.

 

At Pitt, Dane never played nickel but has quickness/aggression to play there. Originally thought that's where he'd focus in the NFL, given he lacks ideal speed for outside.  But he's very good depth/low-end starter material.

 

Solid re-signing at $2.7m.  I still think we should draft a pure nickle corner in the late rounds, as you said, we need depth at inside corner and could look to deploy more dime looks...depending how MLB is addressed and/or plans to use Benford as a 3rd safety/dime

Edited March 14, 2023 by MasterStrategist

[Wizard]

Not bad for a team's #4-#5 corner. Just needs to turn around even when he gets beat on a pass.

 

Now, find that safety to partner withh Hyde in FA

[TheyCallMeAndy]

Fantastic, Dane Jackson is pretty good. Bills did a great job developing him. 
 

This also might bring the official Benford to Safety transition. 

[SectionC3]

Could mean Poyer is gone and benford to safety. 

[ColoradoBills]

13 minutes ago, BillsFan130 said:

I like bringing Dane back but at 2.7 Mil? That seems a bit high?

 

For some reason I thought it would be under 2

 

Dane Jackson is a RFA.  If the Bills do not "tender" him a contract, he becomes an UFA.

Original round tender is $2.7M.  The price cannot be lower.

If a team offers him more, the Bills can match OR let him go and get a 7th round pick (his original draft round).

 

Now, Dane could sign for lower with the Bills and give up his tender option (like Cam Lewis did) but Jackson thinks he is worth more.

It's his right to do this.  Personally, I think a team will offer a contract higher and he signs it.

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

17 minutes ago, BillsFan130 said:

I like bringing Dane back but at 2.7 Mil? That seems a bit high?

 

For some reason I thought it would be under 2

 

Tender is only for year, can they turn around and now offer him a 2 or 3 year deal at lower number for 2023?  Or are you not allowed to do that with tendered players?

[Beast]

Just now, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:

 

Tender is only for year, can they turn around and now offer him a 2 or 3 year deal at lower number for 2023?  Or are you not allowed to do that with tendered players?

Jackson would never sign multi-years at that low of a salary. 

[BillsFan130]

Just now, ColoradoBills said:

 

Dane Jackson is a RFA.  If the Bills do not "tender" him a contract, he becomes an UFA.

Original round tender is $2.7M.  The price cannot be lower.

If a team offers him more, the Bills can match OR let him go and get a 7th round pick (his original draft round).

 

Now, Dane could sign for lower with the Bills and give up his tender option (like Cam Lewis did) but Jackson thinks he is worth more.

It's his right to do this.  Personally, I think a team will offer a contract higher and he signs it.

Ahh interesting I didn’t know all of that. 

 

Thanks for the explanation buddy.

[Augie]

18 minutes ago, MrEpsYtown said:

I’m a bit surprised, but he is functional depth. Good for him. 

 

I’m just glad the guy can walk after playing Gumby neck. That’s a miracle to me! Good for him. The rest is gravy. 

[BillsFan130]

1 minute ago, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:

 

Tender is only for year, can they turn around and now offer him a 2 or 3 year deal at lower number for 2023?  Or are you not allowed to do that with tendered players?

I think you can do that.

Colorado^ had a good explanation above, but I do believe the bills can sign him to a 2-3 year deal to lower the cap hit

[Matt_In_NH]

no brainer

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

1 minute ago, Beast said:

Jackson would never sign multi-years at that low of a salary. 

You don't think he would sign say a 3 year year maybe around a $10 mil contract, this year $1 mil salary and $3 mil bonus, 2024 $2.5 mil, 2025 $3.5 mil, $5 mil total guaranteed?  Bills would still have easy out in 2025 for $1mil