San Diego Chargers extend Jammer? Why?
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by user Drpatriot
According to ESPN, Chargers and CB Quentin Jammer have agreed upon a five-year extension. If this is a costly extension, it is a bad one for the Chargers, as Quentin Jammer has not even been close to one of the best CBs in the NFL.
Let us use last year as an example. Though many passes were targeted towards him last year, he allowed completions more than half the time. In comparison, CB Terrence Newman of the Cowboys, one of the best defensive backs this year and drafted in the same draft spot (No. 7 overall) as Jammer, allowed completions only 36% of the time. Jammer has also struggled in limiting big gains, allowing 7.8 yards per completion. Newman only allowed 5.3 yards per completion.
However, one sad statistic makes this extension more sensible: despite these mediocre statistics last year, Jammer was still the best defensive back in the Chargers' secondary. And he still did better than 2006 free agents Nate Clements, Ty Law and Will Allen when averaging the rankings of the two categories. Therefore, this could actually end up being a good move for the Chargers if they did it without spending too much money.
Date
Tue 08/08/06, 8:41 pm EST
