Jets Signing LB Anthony Barr

Adam Schefter reports that Vikings LB Anthony Barr intends to sign with the Jets at the start of free agency. 

  • According to Tom Pelissero, Barr is likely to get $14-$15 million per year from the Jets. 

Reports from earlier mentioned that the Jets were “stepping up their pursuit” of free agent Barr after Trey Flowers signed with the Lions. 

Rich Cimini mentions that Barr is likely to be utilized as more of an edge player with the Jets. 

Barr, 26, was taken with the No. 9 overall pick by the Vikings back in 2014. He played out the final year of his four-year $12,743,500 rookie contract and made a base salary of $2,157,750 for the 2017 season.

The Vikings elected to pick up his Barr’s fifth-year option, which paid him around $12.306 million for the 2018 season. 

In 2018, Barr appeared in 13 games for the Vikings and recorded 55 tackles, three sacks, a forced fumble and two pass defenses. Pro Football Focus has him rated as the No. 26 linebacker out of 93 qualifying players.

We had him featured in our Top 100 – 2019 NFL Free Agents list.

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