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Jacobs will consider a pay cut

Wild Card Playoffs - Atlanta Falcons v New York Giants

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - JANUARY 08: Brandon Jacobs #27 of the New York Giants looks on against the Atlanta Falcons during their NFC Wild Card Playoff game at MetLife Stadium on January 8, 2012 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images)

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Running back Brandon Jacbos wants to stay with the Giants, and the Giants want to keep him.

But not with a $500,000 roster bonus and a salary of $4.4 million.

The question becomes whether and to what extent the Giants are willing to pay -- and Jacobs is willing, well, to not be paid. And Jacobs says there’s a limit.

I want to stay in New York a whole lot, man, because this is where I started,” Jacobs told Bruce Beck of NBC 4, via Mike Garafolo of the Newark Star-Ledger. “It’s a great organization. I got wonderful, great teammates. I won a second Super Bowl here with this organization.

“But I’m not willing to sell my soul, you know? It’s a great organization and I want to be a part of it, but if they’re not feeling the same way, then so be it.”

Jacobs, a seven-year veteran, said he hopes to play three more years. He may get that opportunity, but not at nearly $5 million per year.