(12-28-2018, 02:49 PM)JackCity Wrote:

(12-28-2018, 02:40 PM)SeldomRite Wrote: If the jaguars cut Bortles with a June first designation it doesn't create much cap room and they'll have to bring in someone else as the starter or backup, if it's a starting level guy they'll probably have to cut some guys like Campbell and Dareus or push some money out interfering with contacts coming up for others. Is it possible to do? Sure. Is it necessarily the best course of action? Maybe. I could easily see scenarios where Bortles is still on the roster come next season, whether it's as a guy keeping the seat warm for a guy that was just drafted, or even to just fill the spot until the 2020 draft.

Pre June around 5 million, post June around 10 million. That's not an insignificant number , especially with Ramsey's new deal looming.   

You don't need to cut Calais for any of that btw. The cap is malleable enough to move things around , especially with guys like Jackson, Parnell and maybe Gipson coming off the books. You can sign guys to deals that places the cap burden on 2020.

That's savings before you sign someone to take his place. Case Keenum is a good example. He's only a 15 million cap hit this year, and 21 next, still higher than you'll save by dumping Bortles, and Keenum is essentially another Bortles.

If you're just wanting to see a different face then you're thinking about things wrong. The only viable way for the Jaguars to maintain success is with a rookie, anyone else would be too expensive and likely not work out better than Bortles anyway. So when it really comes down to it the only point in dumping Bortles is you think he's just not viable as a backup, when the fact of the matter is he'd be one of the better ones in the league.

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