{"id":89856,"date":"2025-12-19T22:40:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T22:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/89856\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T22:40:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T22:40:10","slug":"wr-jakobi-meyers-grateful-for-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/89856\/","title":{"rendered":"WR Jakobi Meyers \u201cGrateful\u201d for Contract Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

JACKSONVILLE \u2013 This was the right player with the right team at the right time.<\/p>\n

Jakobi Meyers<\/a> knew it, and the Jaguars knew it \u2013 and because both sides knew it quickly, the veteran wide receiver is staying with the organization moving forward.<\/p>\n

“I’m just grateful just to be here, honestly,” Meyers said.<\/p>\n

Meyers, acquired by the Jaguars in early November in a trade with the Las Vegas Raiders for a fourth- and sixth-round selection in the 2026 NFL Draft, signed a 3-year, $60 million extension Friday morning. He was scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent following the season.<\/p>\n

“You could tell [from the time Meyers arrived] it was going to be a good fit and it has continued to be,” Jaguars Head Coach Liam Coen<\/a> said.<\/p>\n

Meyers, 29, a 7-year NFL veteran, leads the Jaguars with 27 receptions for 355 yards and 3 touchdowns in 6 games since the trade. The Jaguars are 5-1 during that span.<\/p>\n

“I’m grateful for the opportunity to be here longer and keep making plays with the guys,” he said.<\/p>\n

Meyers called negotiations for the extension “a bang-bang process,” and that he knew “pretty early” he wanted to re-sign with the organization.<\/p>\n

“It went quick,” he said. “Everybody said it was smooth. I could tell early on when I stepped in, the chemistry in the locker room, the way the coaches coach, the way everybody comes together for a common goal \u2026 it’s something I want to be a part of.<\/p>\n

“And the city’s nice. The fans have been dope. Getting around to the beaches, getting around to the different neighborhoods, has been cool.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE \u2013 This was the right player with the right team at the right time. Jakobi Meyers knew…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[881,116,118,46609,117,23195,885,880,883],"class_list":["post-89856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-front-page-headline","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-jaguars-at-denver-broncos-2025-reg-16","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jakobi-meyers","tag-john-oehser","tag-news-front-page-headline","tag-news-jaguars-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}