Now that the franchise players have been identified, we have a better idea who the Jaguars might pursue. Let's say they can sign any two players in free agency regardless of price. Who would you choose? Follow that up with two not so expensive guys and your top 2 draft picks. My choices
are:
Top tier:
1. Olivier Vernon- Leo to pair with Fowler
2. Eric Weddle or Tashon Gipson- Weddle more reliable, but Gipson much younger. Either one works.
2nd tier:
1. Jeff Allen- Less money than Osemele. Looks just as versatile and allows Linder or Cann to move to center.
2. Chris Ivory- Jags rumored to be looking for someone to complement Yeldon. Won't cost as much as Martin or Miller.
Draft:
Round 1- Myles Jack: Thought about Irvin in free agency, but pair Jack with Smith and our linebacking corps is set with Poz in middle.
If Dallas ruins this by taking Jack, go with Ramsay or Bosa. Ramsay will play corner. Bosa would be fine since you
can't have too many pass rushers.
Round 2- William Jackson/Kendall Fuller/MacKenzie Alexander- One of these 3 will be there. I know most have Alexander in the 1st, but some
have him dropping due to lack of interceptions and cocky attitude ( I like that in cornerback). Would rather take one of
these than Janoris Jenkins since we will probably only take 2 top tier guys and corner not as great a need as safety.
This scenario fixes our 2 greatest areas of weakness- pass rush and free safety. We also improve our offensive line, cornerback, linebacker and running back positions significantly and should have enough money left to re-do Robinson and Hurns' contracts.
1st tier: Olivier Vernon and Malik Jackson
2nd tier: Jeff Allen and Danny Trevathan
1st pick: Myles Jack
2nd pick: Karl Joseph
1st tier FA:
Olivier Vernon LEO
Malik Jackson DL
2nd tier FA:
Bruce Irvin OLB
Jeff Allen LG
Round 1:
Jalen Ramsey DB
Round 2:
Jonathan Bullard DL
Quote:1st tier FA:
Olivier Vernon LEO
Malik Jackson DL
2nd tier FA:
Bruce Irvin OLB
Jeff Allen LG
Round 1:
Jalen Ramsey DB
Round 2:
Jonathan Bullard DL
Don't think Bruce Irvin is going to get paid like a 2nd tier FA. 9.5-10M+ per year I'd consider a 1st tier. But if we could seriously land all three of those, you won't see me complaining. Just don't see it happening with all the other teams with huge cap space like the Raiders.
Tier 1:
Bruce Irvin
Tashaun Gipson
Tier 2:
Jeff Allen
Robert Ayers
Rd 1:
Jalen Ramsey
Rd 2:
Jonathan Bullard
I'd be pretty happy with someone to shake out like this. I think the most we can expect is to get about 2 really good FA pieces and a couple solid guys. Just too much cap room floating around to expect anything more. I'm a bit worried things shake up like last year and we maybe land a guy like Irvin/Vernon/Mario, but can't do a ton else besides maybe a really solid piece or two along with depth FA's.
Tier 1:
Olivier Vernon
Janoris Jenkins
Tier 2:
Lamar Miller
Bruce Irvin
Draft:
Rd 1: Jalen Ramsey
Rd 2: BAP/DT
Quote:Don't think Bruce Irvin is going to get paid like a 2nd tier FA. 9.5-10M+ per year I'd consider a 1st tier. But if we could seriously land all three of those, you won't see me complaining. Just don't see it happening with all the other teams with huge cap space like the Raiders.
Tier 1:
Bruce Irvin
Tashaun Gipson
Tier 2:
Jeff Allen
Robert Ayers
Rd 1:
Jalen Ramsey
Rd 2:
Jonathan Bullard
I'd be pretty happy with someone to shake out like this. I think the most we can expect is to get about 2 really good FA pieces and a couple solid guys. Just too much cap room floating around to expect anything more. I'm a bit worried things shake up like last year and we maybe land a guy like Irvin/Vernon/Mario, but can't do a ton else besides maybe a really solid piece or two along with depth FA's.
I think that might no be a worry this year. The free agents we appear to want to target this year are players that are ready to move on from their current teams. The money may actually work well for us this year lol.
Tier 1: Vernon
Osemele
Tier 2: Jeremy Lane
Jaye Howard
Draft:
Round 1: Myles Jack
Round 2:Karl Joseph
Round 3:Eric Murray
Tier 1:
Olivier Vernon
Bruce Irvin
Tier 2:
Jeff Allen
Eric Weddle
Rd. 1: Jalen Ramsey or Joey Bosa, whoever's available
Rd. 2: Leonard Floyd or Joshua Perry
T.Gipson FS
M.Jackson DL
Jeff Allen G
Junior Galette DE
Miles Jack
William Jackson
Quote:I think that might no be a worry this year. The free agents we appear to want to target this year are players that are ready to move on from their current teams. The money may actually work well for us this year lol.
Yeah for sure, but like everyone has been saying, this is uncharted territory with how many teams have cap and just how much of it is out there. There's a LOT of teams with money to spend. To expect us to be able to come down with 3 of the best ones with there is probably 20+ other teams with a lot of cap I think would be kind of unlikely. Hope i'm wrong, we have a ton of it and can afford to spend it. No one should worry about spending too much, there is no way we spend so much to where we can't afford our guys next offseason. We'd have to do something ridiculously stupid to get there.
Quote:1st tier FA:
Olivier Vernon LEO
Malik Jackson DL
2nd tier FA:
Bruce Irvin OLB
Jeff Allen LG
Round 1:
Jalen Ramsey DB
Round 2:
Jonathan Bullard DL
Would love this.
I've been hearing Gipson may be in the 2nd tier category. So...
Tier 1
Vernon
Irvin
Tier 2
Gipson
Trevethan
Draft
Jack
Ogbah or Dodd
Quote:I've been hearing Gipson may be in the 2nd tier category. So...
Tier 1
Vernon
Irvin
Tier 2
Gipson
Trevethan
Draft
Jack
Ogbah or Dodd
I think Trevethan is a damn near lock to go to Chicago unfortunately...
Y'all are very generous with what you're considering mid tier free agents...
Hmm...
Mario Williams
Alex Mack
Sean Smith
Bruce Irvin
Vernon Hargeaves III
Karl Joseph
I think we need a definition of 2nd tier...
Quote:I think we need a definition of 2nd tier...
This.
How is Irvin, Sean Smith, Gipson, etc. 2nd tier FA's?
Second tier is going to be different for everyone, especially without any list or clear definition.
In my opinion, second tier are players that aren't superstars and won't be paid top 5 money.
Second tier would be Davon house and Skuta type guys.
First tier is Odrick Parnell Thomas. Guys who get signed the first couple of days.
Top Tier:
Olivier Vernon
Bruce Irvin
Tier two:
Walter Thurmond
Ramon Foster
Draft:
Jalen Ramsey
Vernon Butler