Kansas City Chiefs: Three free agents with helpful experience
By KC Proctor
2. Janoris “Jackrabbit” Jenkins
Another 33-year-old cornerback, Janoris Jenkins—who officially started going by his nickname, “Jackrabbit,” in 2021—makes a lot of sense for the Chiefs as well. I don’t mean to be redundant, but the depth at the cornerback position is legitimately concerning. We are all riding the high of the Jaylen Watson pick-six from Thursday, but as if leaning on fifth-to-seventh-rounders isn’t stressful enough, one more corner going down with injury could derail the defense for weeks.
Jenkins is a 10-year veteran who has had at least one interception in each of his seasons in the league. He was fourth in voting for Defensive Rookie of the Year in his debut campaign and went on to play in just one Pro Bowl, but was reliable as a playmaker over the past 10 years.
He’s played in a total of 142 NFL games and started all but four of them. Nine of the 27 interceptions he’s hauled in over the course of his career have come in the past three seasons, and the Tennessee Titans surprisingly opted to release him back in March, after he played just one season on the two-year deal they signed him to.
Surely the Titans had their reasons for moving on from Jenkins, but one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, and the Chiefs could use the reliable consistency that Jackrabbit has shown year-over-year for the past decade.