Eyebrows were raised a year ago when the New York Giants gave Janoris Jenkins a five-year, $62.5 million contract with $28.8 million guaranteed. That’s elite money, the eighth-highest contract in the NFL among cornerbacks, for a guy who never looked like an elite player during four seasons with the St. Louis Rams.
“I feel like I had been doing it in St. Louis, but St. Louis is St. Louis and I am just glad to be here in New York where the lights shine bright and everybody gets to see you,” Jenkins said near the end of last season.