(09-28-2018, 11:35 AM)Upper Wrote:

(09-28-2018, 11:10 AM)Kane Wrote: Fully guaranteed yo.... fully guaranteed.
Also Cousins has fewer wins than Blake (on more attempts)

This isn't a "Blake is our QB!" thing...
just that you can't look at the one year and be like "Oh Cousins at 8 mil more would have been a deal)
cuz it isn't 8 mil.
Bortles 26.5 mil guaranteed (with 20 mil being paid this year, so we could cut him next year with just 6.5 dead money)
Cousins is 84 mil guaranteed.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/jacksonville...les-14412/

It's 16.5 to cut Blake next year, we aren't doing that obviously. So it's essentially 2 guaranteed years for Blake vs 3 guaranteed years for Cousins. Why are y'all so caught up in fully guaranteed when it's just 3 years. Might as well start being like "omg we gave Moncrief a fully guaranteed deal".

Also, I wasn't being a douche. I was using his words, because he has a habit of trying to go ad hominem on people when his point doesn't have merit. Obviously it was effective since you let him slide and tried calling out the guy pointing it out.

HAHAHA
Oh you poor victimized snowflake...

You seriously said "I could use LOL and call you dumb" and then essentially did that very thing.
--"when the point you're trying to support is that pathetic" I mean, talking about someone's point being pathetic is pretty equal to saying it is dumb, imo.

I use overthecap.com just cuz it seems easier and different.
Dead cap vs dead money are different as well.
We would not pay Bortles 16.5 to cut him.
We would have cap money not usable, for one more season, and would only owe him 6.5 mil to kick rocks. https://overthecap.com/salary-cap/jacksonville-jaguars
Dead money, but only 6.5 guaranteed to pay out. (cap savings of 4.5 mil) [for the record, we have like 5 mil in dead money from a number of guys no longer on the roster]
That being said... we can address the QB position without cutting him also.

And the original point is that Cousins, while only locking you in for 3 years, is owed much more actual money, which is money no one else can get.
These deals were done with an eye to the future.
And as I said before, it isn't like Cousins is lighting it up. And obviously I think Cousins is the better QB... I'm just not all about throwing the bank at these guys like that.

So in theory, we COULD cut Bortles next season. We won't be able to sign big money free agents next off season, regardless.
But Cousins contract WOULD cut into being able to sign guys in 2020. And Cousins QB play is no guarantee to put us over the hump or get it done in this magical 2 year window that all you chicken littles have given us.

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