(02-01-2019, 08:56 PM)Jags02 Wrote:

(02-01-2019, 02:25 PM)FBT Wrote: If you dip your toe into free agency, it's guaranteed you're going to overspend.  How much you overspend depends on the quality of the FAs you're bringing in.  

As far as paying stupid milions for a QB, the only way to avoid that is to do whatever you have to do to select the best QB in the draft, AND sign a veteran FA to a reasonable deal.  Again, you're going to overspend on any veteran you sign because that's the nature of the beast.

There are only two QBs that I can see either as a bridge QB or as a backup/insurance QB to a rookie first-round pick without breaking our bank, and that Bortles and Fitz. As the GM, if I could somehow sell Bortles to fans I'd be tempted to just keep him, but if forced to go another direction I'm taking Fitz. Fitz would be a tad more, but he's affordable. Tyrod Taylor, Bridgewater and Foles are simply going to be far too expensive, and the first two aren't any better than Bortles. I can at least justify Foles as being somewhat worth paying up for but the Jaguars don't have the luxury of paying up that much even with the additional roll-over money. We can use that money at a few other spots.