7:30pm: The Jaguars have made it official.
6:00pm: JakobiMeyers has been in Jacksonville for just over a month, and the Jaguars are already committing to the wide receiver for the long haul. In line with ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Jaguars are signing Meyers to a three-year extension.
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports that the three-year pact is price $60MM, including $40MM guaranteed. The $20MM average annual value will place Meyers twenty fifth on the list of the league’s highest-paid WRs. The $40MM in guaranteed money now ranks twenty fourth on the position.
The Jaguars acquired Meyers from the Raiders in early November for fourth- and sixth-round picks. The veteran has seen a major role in his first six appearances with the organization, hauling in 27 catches for 355 yards and three touchdowns. Most notably, the Jaguars have gone 5-1 in those six games and are second in points scored over that span. As James Palmer of NFL Network details, people within the Jaguars organization imagine the receiver has “transformed” the offense, with Jordan Schultz adding that he’s never heard a team speak so “glowingly and positively” a couple of midseason acquisition.
With Meyers now locked in for the subsequent few years, Trevor Lawrence can count on some continuity together with his receivers corps. The Jaguars have used their last two first-round picks on wideouts Brian Thomas Jr. and Travis Hunter. Thomas has taken a little bit of a step back following a productive rookie campaign, while Hunter’s rookie season ended with only 298 receiving yards. Still, the trio should now lead some of the intriguing WR rooms moving forward.
Meyers proved his consistency early on in his NFL profession. Despite the Patriots alternating between Tom Brady, Cam Newton, and Mac Jones at QB, the wide receiver managed to carve out a job in each of his first three seasons. Latest England curiously decided to pivot to JuJu Smith-Schuster in the course of the 2023 offseason, opening the door for Meyers to ink a three-year take care of the Raiders. The wideout experienced one other carousel of QBs in Las Vegas, but he still managed to compile 1,881 yards and 14 touchdowns through his first two years with the organization.
As an impending free agent, Meyers appeared like a major trade candidate heading into this 12 months’s deadline. In seven games with the Raiders in 2025, the veteran hauled in 33 catches for 352 yards. In total, he’s snagged 60 catches for 707 yards and three touchdowns this season. Meyers’ extension will remove him from what was already an underwhelming WR free agency class. Mike Evans will lead that grouping, with the likes of Wan’Dale Robinson, Deebo Samuel and former Jaguar Christian Kirk representing the opposite top names available on the market.