IF YOU’VE EVER wondered how important sacking the quarter-back is for a defensive player in the NFL, Sen’Derrick Marks’ latest paycheck should give you the answer.
Last night in Jacksonville, the Jaguars took their record for the regular season to 3-12 thanks to a 21-13 win over fellow strugglers Tennessee Titans, and it was Marks’ sack on Titans quarter-back Charlie Whitehurst in the final play of the game that sealed the victory.
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Marks celebrated in slightly more exuberant fashion than he normally might, because the sack – which took his tally to 8.5 for the season – triggered a clause in his contract which will see the him pocket a $600,000 bonus.
“It was pretty awesome. Nobody gets that check but me, but everybody’s excited for me,” said Marks, who promised to get the first round of celebratory drinks in for his team-mates.
“We’re just going to go out and enjoy the night.”
Last December, Marks signed a new four-year contract with the Jags, worth a reported $22 million. Part of that deal was a $600,000 incentive to make eight sacks in a season, a feat he has now achieved for the first time in his career.
So if you’re a friend of the 27-year-old or a member of the Marks family, you might be expecting more than a pair of socks for Christmas this year.
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Last night’s win lifted the Jaguars ahead of the Titans and off the bottom of the NFC South standings, ahead of their final game of the season next weekend against Houston Texans.
Tennessee, meanwhile, are now 2-13 after their ninth consecutive loss, keeping them in prime position for the number one overall pick in the 2015 draft.
Sen'Derrick Marks bags $600,000 Christmas bonus in Jaguars' third win of the season
IF YOU’VE EVER wondered how important sacking the quarter-back is for a defensive player in the NFL, Sen’Derrick Marks’ latest paycheck should give you the answer.
Last night in Jacksonville, the Jaguars took their record for the regular season to 3-12 thanks to a 21-13 win over fellow strugglers Tennessee Titans, and it was Marks’ sack on Titans quarter-back Charlie Whitehurst in the final play of the game that sealed the victory.
Marks celebrated in slightly more exuberant fashion than he normally might, because the sack – which took his tally to 8.5 for the season – triggered a clause in his contract which will see the him pocket a $600,000 bonus.
“It was pretty awesome. Nobody gets that check but me, but everybody’s excited for me,” said Marks, who promised to get the first round of celebratory drinks in for his team-mates.
“We’re just going to go out and enjoy the night.”
Last December, Marks signed a new four-year contract with the Jags, worth a reported $22 million. Part of that deal was a $600,000 incentive to make eight sacks in a season, a feat he has now achieved for the first time in his career.
So if you’re a friend of the 27-year-old or a member of the Marks family, you might be expecting more than a pair of socks for Christmas this year.
https://vine.co/v/OgEeg2TJD0Q
Last night’s win lifted the Jaguars ahead of the Titans and off the bottom of the NFC South standings, ahead of their final game of the season next weekend against Houston Texans.
Tennessee, meanwhile, are now 2-13 after their ninth consecutive loss, keeping them in prime position for the number one overall pick in the 2015 draft.
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