Currently, we have over 27 million dollars in dead money added to this year's salary cap which brings us near the cap.  Next year all of that money will be coming off and I think its pretty obvious what will be done by the Jaguars.

 

The numbers to know:

 

Tentative 2014 Team Salary: Approx 90 million

Tentative 2014 Salary Floor: Approx 110 million

Tentative 2014 Salary Cap: Approx 124 million

 

We will have at a guaranteed 20-34 million in cap spending next offseason.

 

The only people who need resigned really are Eugene Monroe and maybe a Cecil Shorts III extension.  Even if we do flat contracts, which we should, that's likely 9-12 million off next years salary cap.  Even after miscellaneous roster fluff and rookie contracts, we could still sign 2-3 moderate level contracts if we are only going to spend a few million over the floor.

 

Now, where it could get pretty interesting is if Dave decides to further gut this roster of bad contracts.

 

Say we cut:

 

Paul Posluszny:  Base: 7,450,000  Dead: 4,000,000

Uche Nwaneri:    Base: 3,775,000  Dead: 2,189,000

Marcedes Lewis: Base: 6,700,000  Dead: 2,800,000

Jason Babin:       Base: 6,000,000  Dead: 0,000,000

Jeremy Mincey:   Base: 4,475,000  Dead: 4,000,000

Russell Allen:       Base: 1,975,000  Dead: 416,667

 

Total Salary: 30,375,000  Total Dead Money: 13,405,667

 

For a total savings on next year's cap of 16,969,333.  We would save 17 million dollars on next year's cap which could be spent rebuilding and we would also be out from bad contracts.  That would put us with 37-51 million dollars to spend next season minus resignings. 

 

Just some things I would do with the money next season.

 

Extend Monroe to a flat contract of approximately 8 million per year.

Extend Shorts to a flat contract of approximately 4 million per year.

 

Sign RB Ben Tate to a flat contract of approximately 4 million per year.

Sign TE Jermichael Finley to a contract of approximately 4 million per year.

Sign OC Alex Mack to a contract of approximately 5 million per year.

Sign OG Wade Smith to a contract of approximately 3 million per year.

Sign DE Greg Hardy to a contract of approximately 8 million per year.

Sign OLB Brian Orakpo to a contract of approximately 8 million per year.

Sign MLB Brandon Spikes to a contract of approximately 4 million per year.

 

1st Round: QB Teddy Bridgewater

2nd Round: OG Xavier Su'a Filo

3rd Round: RB Bishop Sankey

4th Round: LB Max Bullough

5th Round: QB Blake Bortles

5th Round: DE Dominque Easley

6th Round: CB Keith McGill

7th Round: OLB Brandon Watts

 

*I know I took some of them a little early, but we honestly have no idea where the draft will ultimately shake up this early.*

 

QB - Teddy Bridgewater

RB - Ben Tate

FB - Will Ta'ufo'ou

WR1 - Cecil Shorts III

WR2 - Justin Blackmon

TE - Jermichael Finley

LT - Eugene Monroe

LG - Wade Smith

C - Alex Mack

RG - Xavier Su'a Filo

RT - Luke Joeckel

 

DE - Greg Hardy

DT - Sen'Derrick Marks

DT - Roy Miller

DE - Tyson Alualu / Dominque Easley

OLB - Brian Orakpo

MLB - Brandon Spikes / Max Bullough

OLB - Max Bullough / Geno Hayes

CB - Dwayne Gratz

CB - Alan Ball / Will Blackmon

SS - Jonathan Cyprien

FS - Dwight Lowery

 

The following year we would have the 13.4 million dead money come off the books for cap flexibility in the future.

 

We can be competitive next year with a shot of the playoffs and a perennial contender within 2-3 years.

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