I doubt Nick Folk is going to break the bank. 2-3 million per year for a solid kicker seems fine to me. It's better than the alternative of a kicker you can't rely on.
I don't understand all the hate on Folk - he's one of the more clutch kickers in the NFL. How many games did he win for us? Playoff games? People must think he will slack off once he gets paid.
Belichick wouldn't pay Viniateri so they drafted Gosti and he's worked out,. I personally don't think of Folk as an great clutch kicker even though he's coming off of a very good year. To me he's always been slightly inconsistent, making long kicks and then missing give-me's and I'm not just referring to that missed kick on Sunday (which was possibly good). This could be the year to draft a kicker unless Folk is amenable to ok but not great wages.
This has been the first year he has kicked like a top 10 kicker and he barely squeaked in the 10 spot, the 4 years prior he has been in the bottom 8 in the league when it comes down to pct. of FG made. I would like them to lock him up for a few years but not get crazy with the compensation in case he goes in the dumpster again.
Why not take the same money and go after Dawson who is a FA and has been in the top 7-15 every year the last 4 years?
For 4 years he's made every single huge kick. He's been total money now show him some money. So many kickers miss clutch kicks. Just think back to Doug Brien Jets fans. A kicker like Folk that year who is money in the clutch puts us in the 2004 afc championship. 3 years 4 milll. Nice payday for a kicker minimum risk. Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk
$2-3 million a year, which is the amount being thrown around by many, is big bucks for a kicker, Dawson might be looking at around that amount so if the Jets were going to spend in that range for a kicker then spend it on on that has been consistent for years. Are you really bringing up age for a kicker?
Exactly, that is why I figured around $4 mil over 3 years. $1.33 mil/yr would be fair compensation in my opinion, going over $2 mil and even as some have suggested up to $3 mil is crazy.
Don't understand posters that don't wanna pay him. This is PK not QB. When you hand out a long-term contract it's gonna be about $1.45-1.75M per year for 2-3 seasons. There's no damn way this kind of salary is gonna change the salary dynamics of the team. It's beyond stupid to replace him with some random kicker that's unable to stick anywhere else for minimal savings. Just watch this year's playoffs where some random team has their season finished because their kicker choked in a big spot. Clutch kickers are NOT easy to come by. Pay this man. He's going to cost only $1-1.5M more than the NFL Minimum.
Agreed. Doug fucking Brien & conservative-ass Herm Edwards. I've got a feeling all (or nearly all) Jets fans ready to cut Folk for some random guy also missed that opportunity to witness a Glorious Moment of FAIL in Jets history.
If there ever was a position that called for incentivized contracts, it's the kicker. Give him the three years at a million a year or a little more and pay-per-yard on his good ones and take back on anything he shanks. Give him some extra for every kickoff he buries; that's where we've seen him most inconsistent.
This. If he were a greedy bastard like ESPN's misleading title implies then move on - but it seems like he feels he deserves a little more than (another) one year deal.
Pay him the average for a kicker (2 or 3 year contract) and load his contract with incentives. If he does well, he gets paid well. If he misses kicks... He gets nothing.
