Josh Scobee: Jacksonville Jaguars K Faces New Pressure Thanks to Huge Deal

July 17, 2012   ·   Chris Roling   ·   Jump to comments

Josh Scobee and the Jacksonville Jaguars agreed to terms on a four-year, $13.8 million deal that makes Scobee the second-highest paid kicker in the NFL. 
The deal came after a stalemate between the two parties as they failed to agree upon a number that matched Scobee's perceived worth. The Jaguars' front office wanted to wait until the market had set a price on his services, while Scobee and his agent wanted more. 
The end result seems to be a compromise between the two lines of thinking. Scobee was franchise tagged earlier in the offseason, and the negotiations ran right up until the deadline. Scobee joins 12 other players that were franchise tagged who went on to receive multi-year deals. 
Now that Scobee received a $3.75 million signing bonus and averaged $3.45 million yearly, he is only the second-highest paid kicker in the NFL behind the Oakland Raiders' Sebastian Janikowski. 
Last season Scobee was one of the NFL's ...

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