Rayshawn Jenkins is ready to move on from the Jacksonville Jaguars and find a new home. Allegedly, Jenkins is reported to visit a handful of teams, Green Bay being on that list. Jenkins was released last week by the Jaguars to open up some cap space.
Rayshawn Jenkins Meeting with Green Bay Packers
According to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, the veteran is set to visit Green Bay after visiting with the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks.
Jenkins is a former fourth-round pick of the LA Chargers back in 2017 out of Miami. He played out the final year of his four-year, $3.06M rookie contract with the Jaguars. This is going to be his first time testing out the free agent market after signing a four-year, $35M deal with the Jaguars.
While he’s set to make $8M this season, it won’t have any effect or impact on the team’s 2025 compensatory picks due to the fact that he was released in the offseason.
A Solid 2023 for Jenkins
In 2023, Jenkins appeared in all 17 games for Jacksonville, recording 101 total tackles (seven for loss), one sack, two interceptions, and nine passes defended. 2022, he recorded three interceptions and three forced fumbles, and respectively made two of the biggest plays of the year with a game-winning forced fumble against Tennessee in Week 18 that sent Jacksonville to the playoffs, and a walk-off pick six vs the Dallas Cowboys.
Jaguars’ general manager Trent Baalke spoke to 1010XL’s Frank Frangie at the NFL Combine, said that it’s tough to let guys like Jenkins go, even when you’ve formed a relationship with them, but a cap is a cap.
“Well, it’s tough because you get attached to these players as well. So you got to put the emotional side away because they give so much to the organization,” Baalke said.
“Every one of these guys gives everything they have to hopefully winning a championship. And there’s some times when you can’t please them all financially, it’s impossible. You got young guys coming in that eventually are going to need contracts…You got a group of guys that are ascending, and then you got a group that’s there making it. You can’t make them all happy, financially. There’s a cap, and the cap is real. Now, you can push some money and do some things, but at some point you got to make tough decisions, and I think that’s where we’re at this offseason. There’s going to be some tough decisions that have to be made.”
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