Link: Eddie Jackson Becomes The Highest Paid CB In The NFL

[sanjosecrimson]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1213142863296548865

RTR Eddie!!

DBU!!

 

[B1GTide]

Wow! Good for him. He deserves it.

 

[TideEngineer08]

Man that's amazing! Congrats, Eddie!

 

[rgw]

NFL franchises paying a lot for dem bama busts!

 

[Con]

I am happy for Eddie.

 

[Bama1985]

Great job Eddie. Bama would have easily beaten Clemson in the 2017 National Title (illegal pick game) if Eddie and Shaun Dion Hamilton had not been injured. Those were great Bama players.

 

[tusks_n_raider]

 

[RollTide_HTTR]

Eddie Jackson is my Colt McCoy

 

[B1GTide]

Eddie Jackson is my Colt McCoy

Same here.

 

[sanjosecrimson]

Great job Eddie. Bama would have easily beaten Clemson in the 2017 National Title (illegal pick game) if Eddie and Shaun Dion Hamilton had not been injured. Those were great Bama players.

the thought of a possible 3 straight title in the modern era still haunts me and I'm sure most Bama fans to this very day. what if...

 

[CoachJeff]

Had Eddie not gotten hurt in 2016 Bama wins 3 straight titles from 2015-2017.

 

[Cruiser]

Bears done good; BARGAIN at 4th round

 

[TiderJack]

That is awesome. Congrats Eddie!!! John Fox knew what he had in Eddie early on.

John Fox Name Drops Hall of Famer When Describing Eddie Jackson

An Eddie Jackson Rod Woodson comparison sounds way too premature to think about. Unless it apparently comes from the head coach of the Chicago Bears.

sportsmockery.com

 

[TideEngineer08]

the thought of a possible 3 straight title in the modern era still haunts me and I'm sure most Bama fans to this very day. what if...

Especially with a team 2 states away dangerously close to doing it by playing schedules that make the old Boise State schedules look like a murderer's row in comparison.

 

[CrimsonForce]

Glad he got paid after falling so far in the draft after his injury..

 

[TIDE-HSV]

Sorry, but they've made a huge mistake. Here's the NFL.com combine snark on him...

Long, but lanky and not built for a physical pounding. Grab and drag tackler. Will do what he has to against the run, but he's not going to be a tone-setter with his hitting. Dominant defensive front made his job in coverage much easier. Had some easy, no-brainer interceptions float his way on overthrows. Can get too cute trying to stay glued to the quarterback's eyes rather than triggering towards his boundary help over the top. Will occasionally lose track of his deep ball responsibility. Has had two major injuries in his career that will draw plenty of attention at the combine.
5.4

 

[rgw]

Sorry, but they've made a huge mistake. Here's the NFL.com combine snark on him...

Turns out if you just draft him onto a team with a great defensive front that relaxes his run responsibilities then his nose for the football to become a difference making skillset. Who could’ve known just letting him do the same thing he was great at in college would work in the pros?

 

[TideEngineer08]

Sorry, but they've made a huge mistake. Here's the NFL.com combine snark on him...

I swear NFL scouts are some of the dumbest people on the planet, or the biggest trolls.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

Not to nitpick but Eddie is not a CB. He is a very rich safety, deservedly so.

 

[rgw]

NFL scouts sometimes act like the prospect will be the only player on the football field. Yeah, of course they’re good at some things and not others. That stuff isn’t real scouting...that is just message board smack with some truth in it. The point with evaluating players is having a dispassionate understanding of what they can and cannot do and whether those things can work within your scheme.

I’m sure the Bears looked at it like: “he’s not a safety that will be a plus in run support but our scheme and personnel does not need that as much as they need ballhawks who can run down bad balls forced by front line pressure.”