Report: Free Agent DT Cullen Jenkins to meet with Seahawks, 49ers

[Daigle]

Report: Cullen Jenkins to meet with Seahawks, 49ers.

Per Martin Sessler:

http://http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000146366/article/report-cullen-jenkins-to-meet-with-seahawks-49ers

Couldnt he be the fit if we dont plan on finding a DT in the draft or might he be too expensive ?

Seems he could bring alot of pressure from the 3 tech and hold up well in the running game.

 

[PeteNH]

Melton is who I want to see in a Pats uniform...

 

[Kevin]

Melton is who I want to see in a Pats uniform...

He was tagged, sorry Pete.

 

[Daigle]

Yeah he was tagged. Think Jenkins could be a nice addition but seems alot of teams want him so not sure how much money he would require?

Is he looking for 4m/year ?

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

he is getting up there in age...no thanks to jenkins

 

[Daigle]

"NFL.com's Kimberly Jones broke the news Sunday that Jenkins had signed a three-year, $8 million contract with the Giants. Jenkins is guaranteed $3 million in the deal."

Seems like a manageble deal. Too bad we werent in on the bidding.

 

[fnordcircle]

3 years 8 million is really an amazing value for a guy like Jenkins.

 

[Koma]

I'm sure there's an obvious answer to this, but if free agency doesn't start until 3/12, how is Jenkins signing with a new team yesterday?

 

[Brady'sButtBoy]

3 years 8 million is really an amazing value for a guy like Jenkins.

Yeah, we were talking about it in the FA thread: it is an excellent value signing. I wonder if the Pats even talked to him? He would have really looked good next to Big Vince, especially for that kind of $$. Must be the stain of being on that Philly team that just mailed it in.

 

[strngplyr]

I'm sure there's an obvious answer to this, but if free agency doesn't start until 3/12, how is Jenkins signing with a new team yesterday?

Jenkins was released, players whose contracts are ending "naturally" are still technically under contract until March 12th which is why they cannot sign until then.

Jenkins and a few others who signed recently were all terminated early though, so they immediately became free agents where the others are actually still under contract for a few more hours.