JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jaguars are releasing veteran linebacker Miles Jack, saving the team $8.35 million, a league source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
The news comes a day after the Jaguars agreed terms with six free agents, including linebacker Foye Oluokun, who led the NFL in tackles last season with 192 tackles. in three of the last four seasons.
The move will cost Jaguar $4.8 million in dead money. Jack would have earned $10.5 million and set a $13.15 million against the ceiling in 2022, which would be the third most on the team behind left tackle Cam Robinson ($16.662 million) and guard Shaq Griffin ($16.5 million). dollars).
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Jack signed a four-year, $57 million extension, including a guaranteed $33.06 million in September 2019, a deal that made him the NFL’s third-highest-paid inside linebacker at the time. The Jaguars selected him 36th overall after trading two positions in 2016.
Before the draft, there were concerns about Jack’s right knee, and he admitted to the New York Post in a pre-draft article that there may be some degenerative issues, “but there’s nothing extreme about it.”
Jack missed just nine games in his six-year career, with 513 tackles, 6.5 sacks, 3 interceptions and 4 fumble rebounds.
Jack, who started games both inside and outside the linebacker, never made it to the Pro Bowl, but he will forever be a part of Jaguars history for playing in the AFC Championship game after the 2017 season. Jack ran into the New England Patriots running back Dion Lewis, blew the ball as he grabbed it, bounced it back, and returned it for what was supposed to be a touchdown that gave the Jaguars a 17-point lead early in the fourth quarter.
However, the officials ruined the game after he returned the ball because they believed it was down due to contact. The Patriots later rallied and won 24–20.
Replays showed that he was not depressed, and this gave rise to the “Miles Jack was not depressed” phenomenon among Jacksonville fans.