(03-17-2018, 02:10 PM)TheDuke007 Wrote:

(03-17-2018, 01:48 PM)I am Yoda Wrote: There's still plenty of time to make a trade or two.  And Hurns can be good for that.  If not, we still have him and he either earns a roster spot or he doesn't.

I don't see a trade happening.  Who's going to trade picks for him with his $7 million salary?  As someone suggested, at best, maybe you trade him for a conditional 7th rounder if you are really lucky.  That's a very minor reward and it's not worth the risk.  If we don't find a trade partner, we're eating his $4 million of guaranteed salary.  I think if a trade were to happen, it would have been before the deadline.

As for cutting him, yes, we still can.  However, again, we would be throwing $4 million down the toilet.  That doesn't seem very bright when we could have done it for free yesterday.

This is a strange move (or non-move) that doesn't make much sense.

They were wrong.  The Jags were on the hook for his $4m salary guarantee whether he was cut before Friday or not.  The only way the Jags are not on the hook for the $4m is if they trade him, transferring the contract and his salary (whether it be guaranteed or not) to another team.  The $4m was not structured as a roster or signing bonus.

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