3 Reasons for and against Philadelphia Eagles re-signing Malcolm Jenkins

Let’s make long stories short. Here are three reasons for and against the Philadelphia Eagles re-signing Malcolm Jenkins.

If you’re a Philadelphia Eagles fan, you’ve been schooled over and over again on the salary cap situation, how many players the ‘Birds have at the end of their current deals, and the amount of money they have tied up in seemingly bad deals that are less than ideal. Philly’s season is over now, and at no point during the campaign did the Eagles give Malcolm Jenkins the extension he’s been looking for.

Add that to the guaranteed salaries for next season (Alshon Jeffery and DeSean Jackson for instance) and the recent extensions that they’ve handed out (Cre’Von LeBlanc, Lane Johnson, Brandon Brooks, Jake Elliott, and, of course, Carson Wentz), and it’s the same old story that it is with every other NFL Franchise.

Good players want money, and there isn’t enough of it to go around.

Jenkins is a beast. We all know that, but he’s not playing on a rookie deal either. Nor should he. Philly and their star safety seem to be at an impasse, and that has some of the media and fan base split. Should the Eagles do right by him and give him a long-term deal, or should they move on and use the money that they would have given him to address other needs?

Here are three arguments for both sides of the discussion.