Raiders make Janikowski highest paid kicker
The Oakland Raiders have made veteran Sebastian Janikowski the NFL’s highest paid place-kicker.
Janikowski received a four-year contract worth $16 million, $9 million of which is guaranteed money.
The deal also effectively removes Janikowski from the free agent market, where he would have been the top kicker.
The kicker is coming off of the best season in his 10-year NFL career.
He made 26 of 29 field goal attempts while finishing sixth in the league with 17 touchbacks on 58 kickoffs.
Even more impressive was the fact that only one miss came from inside of 50 yards, and another was from a nearly impossible 66-yards out.
