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Goodell is smiling right now, one less difference-maker for the Jags to potentially get in free agency to improve their roster. 

Stop freaking complaining man! Jeebus you are a baby.

Would like to see the Jags pursue Michael Johnson and or Bryd now that Orakpo is gone

Quote:Goodell is smiling right now, one less difference-maker for the Jags to potentially get in free agency to improve their roster. 

 

Great conspiracy you have cooked up for yourself.

 

One comment though. Posting more won't make it true.

Aside from the conspiracy theory, he's got a point.  Most teams were right up against the cap and the Jaguars were one of the few teams in great shape to make moves.  With the huge increase in salary cap, now most teams having breathing room and can resign their own players.  Other teams will now have the space to compete to sign the remaining free agents, which they wouldn't have been able to do before.

Quote:Goodell is smiling right now, one less difference-maker for the Jags to potentially get in free agency to improve their roster.

Uh. OK?

Quote:Would like to see the Jags pursue Michael Johnson and or Bryd now that Orakpo is gone

 

Byrd, yes....Michael Johnson? No. He's an average player who will be overpaid. Whats the point of that?

Quote:Aside from the conspiracy theory, he's got a point.  Most teams were right up against the cap and the Jaguars were one of the few teams in great shape to make moves.  With the huge increase in salary cap, now most teams having breathing room and can resign their own players.  Other teams will now have the space to compete to sign the remaining free agents, which they wouldn't have been able to do before.

 

 

 

Thanks, yo! :thumbsup: (and the above is spot on)

Quote:Aside from the conspiracy theory, he's got a point.  Most teams were right up against the cap and the Jaguars were one of the few teams in great shape to make moves.  With the huge increase in salary cap, now most teams having breathing room and can resign their own players.  Other teams will now have the space to compete to sign the remaining free agents, which they wouldn't have been able to do before.

 

It is interesting that when it was time for the Jaguars to implode because of the salary cap we just imploded and got 10 years of middling seasons at best, but when marquee teams are about to have trouble the NFL finds a way to keep them from having to deal with their prior excesses.

Quote:It is interesting that when it was time for the Jaguars to implode because of the salary cap we just imploded and got 10 years of middling seasons at best, but when marquee teams are about to have trouble the NFL finds a way to keep them from having to deal with their prior excesses.

 

Truth. ^^^

I was pretty disappointed with this but hopefully we can get Johnson.


By the way, he's getting more than $11 Mil from what I've read. That is crazy.

Quote:I was pretty disappointed with this but hopefully we can get Johnson.


By the way, he's getting more than $11 Mil from what I've read. That is crazy.

 

Johnson is barely an upgrade from Mincey. Do not want. Some team will regret signing him, especially at the money he'll get this offseason. 

Quote:I was pretty disappointed with this but hopefully we can get Johnson.


By the way, he's getting more than $11 Mil from what I've read. That is crazy.

 

Paying Orakpo 11 mil is exactly why the Redskins are in trouble in the first place. There is no way he would have sniffed that on the open market.

Quote:Paying Orakpo 11 mil is exactly why the Redskins are in trouble in the first place. There is no way he would have sniffed that on the open market.

I agree. How lucky for them the cap is an extra $10 Mil more than expected.

Quote:Paying Orakpo 11 mil is exactly why the Redskins are in trouble in the first place. There is no way he would have sniffed that on the open market.

 

He's only getting that for one season, under the franchise tag. 

Quote:He's only getting that for one season, under the franchise tag. 

 

Yeah, but it's a rental.  It's pretty stupid that the cap went up so high.

There's a good chance that close to all of the players  ( non-Kickers ) that have the Franchise Tag placed on them in 2014 and don't sign long term contracts,  will be UFA's in 2015.   The one exception is Jimmy Graham.   It's hard to envision Brian Orakpo being tagged again next year.    He could easily be following the 2013 Michael Johnson route,  from the standpoint that he has to wait a year to test the open market.

NFL.com reported that he is refusing to sign it.

Quote:NFL.com reported that he is refusing to sign it.

 

Alot of those guys wait until the last day. The players hate the Franchise Tag and yet the NFLPA keeps agreeing to it.

Quote:Alot of those guys wait until the last day. The players hate the Franchise Tag and yet the NFLPA keeps agreeing to it.

 

Not sure if Orakpo is a repeat tag....but what should happen is teams shouldn't be allowed to use the tag on any one player more than once.