NFL Free Agency 2012: Cortland Finnegan Drawing Interest From Jacksonville Jaguars

by Alfie Crow on Feb 13, 2012 10:57 AM EST in 2012 NFL Free Agency

The 2012 NFL free agency period begins in just a few weeks, so the rumblings of who teams are interested will begin to come to light. One of the positions the Jacksonville Jaguars will consider bolstering in either free agency or the NFL Draft will be the cornerback position. According to the Detroit Free Press, the Jaguars are one of many teams who will be in the running for the services of free agent cornerback Cortland Finnegan.

The Lions -- along with St. Louis, Dallas, Oakland, San Francisco, Atlanta, Tampa Bay and Jacksonville -- could make a play for Finnegan, according to the source.

Finnegan would command a contract similar to the five-year, $48.75-million contract Johnathan Joseph signed last year with Houston. Finnegan likely would seek a deal for at least $10 million per year for five or six years, according to the source.

Jaguars fans should be very familiar with Finnegan, as he's played for the Tennessee Titans his entire career. Originally Finnegan was a 7th round pick out of Samford in the 2006 NFL Draft. Finnegan also made the 2008 Pro Bowl and All-Pro team.

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To be VERY honest

I do not want him at that price. I am not so sure the need for a top CB warrants throwing ~10 mill a year at a free agent. I feel like using that money toward a top WR and addressing CB via the draft, or with a cheaper FA is the wiser path to choose.

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by Jagsrok9008 on Feb 13, 2012 11:02 AM EST reply actions

i dont like him

and i dont want him. DE and WR are the only needs in free agency. sign 2 a those positions and then sign depth. Draft a CB maybe sign a good backup safety

by childintime12 on Feb 13, 2012 10:34 PM EST up reply actions

I loathe Cortland Finnegan.

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by JPQ! on Feb 13, 2012 11:03 AM EST reply actions

I played baseball at Samford while he was there.

He is a very nice young man actually. I would looove him here. He plays hard, with a toughess, which is what we need more of.

by Jagfan89 on Feb 13, 2012 11:17 AM EST up reply actions

People who knew them say serial killers were nice young men, too.

If he comes here I will root for him to make us better, but I will never be a fan of his.

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by JPQ! on Feb 13, 2012 11:30 AM EST up reply actions

he's a good kid outside the white lines

He’s a typical small school kid with a chip on his shoulder getting every edge he can. You may laugh, but he’s a solid community guy. From the Panhandle (Milton HS) so perhaps a home in Florida may prompt him to come here for a little less than he’d get elsewhere.

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by Joe Fisher on Feb 13, 2012 3:36 PM EST up reply actions

You have a panhandle bias.

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by JPQ! on Feb 13, 2012 4:14 PM EST up reply actions

I do, within reason

But that being said, and we had this discussion before. I think Trent Richardson is an outstanding football player, great kid (met him a few times as my brother in law coaches varsity basketball at Richardson’s HS; sidenote, my brother in law played varsity with Emmitt Smith when he was a Freshman and Emmitt was a senior); and going to be a really good NFL player. But no way would I want him in the first round as a Jaguar. I think in this NFL where the rules protect QBs and WRs it would be silly to take a running back in the first round, unless you’re in a situation like Minnesota or Pittsburgh where there is a strong possibility your #1 back won’t return next season.

Finnegan will give the secondary a nastiness that we haven’t seen since Double D.

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by Joe Fisher on Feb 15, 2012 10:48 AM EST up reply actions

He's a good CB but

but pulling crap like this worries me…..

by kterr on Feb 13, 2012 11:13 AM EST reply actions

Out of the players there, Finnegan isn’t the player I want.

by Sourwine on Feb 13, 2012 11:15 AM EST up reply actions

That was certainly a troubling incident

But on-field aggression doesn’t bother me nearly as much as off-field aggression and character concerns. From what I’ve heard, Finnegan is big part of the community and an overall good guy.

by Distance on Feb 13, 2012 11:33 AM EST up reply actions