February 25th, 2009 
Matt Loede 
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According to Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News, Giants running back Brandon Jacobs has signed a four year, $25 million dollar deal. The new deal comes after Jacobs was given the franchise tag; he was set to make $6.621 million as the franchise player. The new deal contains $13 million in guaranteed money, and he will be paid $15 million over the first two years.
“I was confident all along that this was going to get done I didn’t panic one bit,” Jacobs said in a statement released by the team. “I know the reason we did it the way we did; I knew I was going to be here. I was super-confident and I am here. I’m happy about it.”
Despite missing three games with a knee injury in 2008, Jacobs ran for 1,089 yards and a team-leading 15 touchdowns. “Both parties are happy to get a long-term deal done,” general manager Jerry Reese said. “Now Brandon can totally concentrate on the offseason program and get himself ready to go this fall.”
Jacobs has rushed for at least 1,000 yards in each of the past two seasons, joining Joe Morris (1985-86), Rodney Hampton (1991-95) and Tiki Barber (2002-2006) as the team’s only backs to have consecutive 1,000-yard seasons.
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