Will The Eagles Pay Him? Price tag for UFA Jeremy Maclin By Tom Carpenter | ESPN Insider The Philadelphia Eagles made the bold move of releasing DeSean Jackson, their No. 1 wide receiver, last offseason. They replaced him atop the depth chart with Jeremy Maclin, who came through with a career-best campaign (85 receptions for 1,318 yards and 10 TDs) in 2014. Now the Eagles are going to have to figure out a way to keep Maclin in the fold for 2015, because he is set to become an unrestricted free agent. What will it cost them to re-sign their top pass-catcher? Hes a $10 million per year receiver based on what he did, Joel Corry of the National Football Post told Birds 24/7. You want to say his numbers are inflated by the system? Yeah, you could say that to a degree. But what can drive it more than anything else, and I cant stress this enough, is having a viable alternative. Corry, a former NFL agent, believes Maclin will net at least $20 million guaranteed. He also expects Maclins former Eagles coach, Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid, to offer such a viable alternative. I think Philadelphia needs to be very careful about how they play this whole Maclin situation, knowing that there is someone that is very familiar with him that desperately needs a receiver, said Corry. They could be willing to pay him. The Eagles also have the option of using the franchise tag on Maclin, though that likely will cost them around $12 million in 2015
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 23:32:04 +0000
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