Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk is reporting that the Bears and S Eddie Jackson have agreed to a contract extension that will make him the highest-paid safety in league history based on new money.
Jackson’s agency has already announced the move:
https://twitter.com/_SportsTrust/status/1213142423850946566
The Bears had made it clear that a new deal for Jackson was a priority for them this offseason and it appears as though it didn’t take long for them to hammer out a record extension for one of the league’s best safeties.
Jackson, 27, is a former fourth-round pick of the Bears back in 2017. He was entering the final year of his four-year, $3.067 million contract and set to make a base salary of $735,000 for the 2020 season.
In 2019, Jackson appeared in all 16 games for the Bears and recorded 60 tackles, one sack, two interceptions, a forced fumble, a recovery and five passes defended.
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