(01-20-2020, 11:57 PM)Newton Wrote: isn’t it possible to trade him and more of his salary theoretically? I ask, because I think I would need more than 3m off the books next year to consider trading our second rounder.

No, it's not. His cap problem is dead cap, not salary, so a trade just accelerates that hit into either 2021 (12.5 million) or 21 and 22 (6.25 each). Trade him before June 1 this year and his cap number here is 18.75, 3 million less than if he's on the roster. Trade him after June 1 and he costs 6.25 this year and still costs 12.5 next season. The Jags are going to take a 12.5 million dollar cap hit one way or another, and it's actually higher in the scenarios we have this off season.

The way I read it the Osweiler deal was different, the Texans traded him so Cleveland would pay his future guaranteed salary, not relieve them of dead cap. Trading Foles this year the Jags still take a huge cap hit, we will just take the hit and keep Foles one more year.

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