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.
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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.
Oh jaysus I wonder what himself and Kevin Nolan will get up to now they’re back together….
Good luck to him. Very popular at anfield, everyone wanted him to succeed. My only fear for him is London itself. Doubt the location will be good for his social life, or maybe too good
Ah, I’d of held on to him.
Super signing for the hammers, I think Rodgers and Tika-taka have made a bad call here
As a pool fan i think this is very short sighted of the manager. Ok he hasn’t done it but to get rid of him without seeing if he could fit could be a mistake. Its not like we are made of money and there is a mass of players wanting to play at a struggling club
He obviously has Sturridge and Dempsey in the bag. I’m happy. We will have intelligence and guile back at Anfield. Brendan starting at he means to go on.