The NFL is a business where almost every decision made is for the sake of winning a Super Bowl. One of those moves was the Philadelphia Eagles parting ways with one of their best defensive backs in Malcolm Jenkins.
The Eagles let him go last week after six outstanding years of service with the team. But while some players take their departure from their teams badly, Jenkins was rather professional about things. He understood that the NFL is still a business where winning trumps everything else and that releasing him was in the team's best interests.
However, he did point out that he still wanted to stay an Eagle until the end of his career.
Via Pro Football Talk's Michael David Smith:
“It’s my legacy that I’m concerned with,” Jenkins wrote. “And it’s no secret that I wanted a new deal — no secret that I felt like I deserved one. Not so I could be the highest-paid player at my position (even though I regard myself as being of that caliber), but so I could cement my legacy in Philadelphia forever. I wanted a deal that showed me that my sacrifices to the game have been recognized. I’m no idiot. I know money is tied to timing, market value, age, the draft, and so on. But legacy? That’s tied to the player, and to the name on the back of his jersey. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, I wasn’t able to ensure that my name would end up on the back of an Eagles jersey this year.”
There will be teams that will want Jenkins to be on their roster. He's still outstanding at 32, notching 81 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 1 fumble recovery, 4 forced fumbles, and 8 pass deflections in 16 starts last season.
He will surely find a new place to call home before the preseason begins.
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