When the New York Giants signed free agent cornerback Adoree’ Jackson to a three-year, $39 million deal in March of 2021, many general managers and executives around the NFL were furious. They said the Giants paid way too much for Jackson and his contract would skew the cornerback market.
Jackson, a first-round pick (18th overall in 2017) by the Tennessee Titans who by many standards did not play up to his pedigree, was coming off a season-ending knee injury. His $8 million fifth-year option was dropped by the Titans.
