Fred Jackson signs extension, who cares?

by Steve

There have been two responses to Fred Jackson's contract extension, one the media and two, Bills fans that I talk to.  The media absolutely refuses to ever say anything bad about Jackson and brushes aside his age because "he hasn't had as many carries" huh? They are in love with the guy.  On the other side are my compatriots who don't really get why we even resigned him AND why is he even the starter?

Per WGR here are the numbers "Jackson will make a total base salary of $8.7 million split up over two seasons -- 2013 and 2014. However, there are numerous attainable performance-based incentives to the deal that could bring up the total of the extension to $11 million. Those incentives are for the 2013 and 2014 seasons of the contract."

Yeah he had a pretty good year last year on a team that went 6-10, WO0T!  The guy is 31, is coming off a broken appendage and isn't as fast or talented as the supposed #2 behind him on the depth chart.  Oh and Cliff Spiller was the #9 pick in the draft just two years ago.

Their yards per carry are almost identical playing behind the same offensive line and both were under contract for next season.  Oh and one was a malcontent while the other played the good soldier even though he deserved more touches based solely on draft status.


I guess I like Jackson enough I just don't see the necessity in keeping him beyond 2012.  Maybe this is just a little contrarian but how can there possibly be a universal love for a guy that hasn't done all that much, hasn't won anything, seems to have a bit of a bad attitude and is apparently a health risk.


In the grand scheme of things it doesn't mean a whole lot other than maybe Jairus Byrd and Andy Levitre having to wait a bit longer for their extensions.  Jackson probably won't even see the final year of the new two year extension any way.


Glad you'll stop bitching for a few months any way.