Jake Elliott, Who May Have Been the Eagles' 2023 MVP, Gets Paid
Good for Jake Elliott:
Eagles and Jake Elliott reached agreement on a four-year, $24 million contract extension. The $6 million average per year ties Elliott with Justin Tucker for the highest-paid kicker in NFL history, per source. Elliott is coming off a season in which he connected on a career-best… pic.twitter.com/CtSL17uCby
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 13, 2024
He deserves it. He’s been consistent and clutch for years now.
Elliott:
- finished this past season with a career-high 93.8% success rate on field goals
- went 30-32 overall, and only missed against the Jets and Vikings
- hit 7 of 8 from 50+ and was 22 for 23 from inside the 50
- was tied for third in the NFL with an 87.5% success rate from 50+, and in the top half of kickers in total attempts from that range
- finished 45 for 46 on extra points, posting a 97.8% mark, which was the second-best career rate, behind only the 2021 season, when he was flawless and went to the Pro Bowl
He’s the only guy who was quality from week 1 to week 18, including… probably Rick Lovato. That’s it, just those two. But Elliott knocked in some tough field goals in New England on the rainy crap turf, won the first Washington game in overtime, and sent the Eagles to OT against Buffalo with a 59-yard bomb, again in the rain.
I don’t know what this picture is, but Pagan put it in the media archive and it feels appropriate to use here:
