(09-30-2019, 09:53 PM)TJBender Wrote:

(09-30-2019, 03:17 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: I think that this is all a bit premature right now.

With that being said as it currently stands, I would keep Foles on the sideline should he be back and healthy this week (I know that he's not going to be healthy for quite some time).  Stay with the "hot hand".

As far as contracts and salary cap stuff, I'm by no means an "expert" on such matters, but I would try to keep him for another season as the backup, even with his high salary unless he can be traded (doubtful).  He's going to be a hit on the salary cap either way (if he's released), and it gives the team the opportunity to draft a potential new future backup while having a VERY capable backup in place.

The bottom line is, like it or not the team has already "paid" for this season and the next for his services... at least if I understand how his contract works correctly.

If I am wrong about this, one of you "salary cap geeks" please correct me.

No, you got it. Foles would cost roughly $11M more against the cap to cut or trade than he would to keep. People don't seem to get that. Nick Foles is a Jaguar until February of 2021, assuming all goes well with Minshew.

That's not correct. It's true that he would count $11,750,000 more against the 2020 cap if cut, but if he is traded before 6/1/2020 it would actually save $3,375,000. It's still a lot of dead money ($18,750,000), but if the FO is sure that Minshew is the long term answer, they may want to trade for draft picks or positions of need.

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