(03-17-2021, 08:55 AM)Bullseye Wrote:

(03-17-2021, 08:48 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: Day 2 Grades

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-f...up-losers/

Winners: Jacksonville Jaguars

First-year head coach Urban Meyer has begun to shape his roster down in Jacksonville. To start things off on Tuesday, the Jaguars agreed to terms on a three-year, $40 million deal with former Seattle Seahawks cornerback Shaquill Griffin. Despite missing four regular-season games in 2020, Griffin recorded a career-high three interceptions, 12 pass deflections and 63 combined tackles. The Seahawks passed on utilizing the franchise tag on him, and now have paid the price.

Hours later, the Jags made a bigger splash by snagging former Detroit Lions wide receiver Marvin Jones -- reportedly giving him a two-year deal worth $14.5 million. While he just turned 31, Jones caught a career-high 76 passes for 978 yards and nine touchdowns in 2020. He's also the only player in the NFL who has caught at least nine touchdown passes in each of the last two seasons.

To cap things off, the Jaguars traded with the New Orleans Saints for defensive lineman Malcolm Brown, according to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, who was set to be released as a cap casualty. The defensive tackle had been a consistent presence on New Orleans' defensive line, and should play a role in stuffing the run with Jacksonville immediately.

I haven't seen a more universally lauded free agency move this year than our signing of Marvin Jones.

He's up there, but the two most lauded I've seen were Johnson III and Lawson. Two elite players who got several million less AAV than projected.

(03-17-2021, 01:00 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: The 4th most improved team so far. The other 3 teams in our division is going backwards lol

This just shows how much adding quantity over quality can skew things. Nearly everyone is saying the Pats have been extremely unwise and reckless in their spending, yet simply because they signed so many people they're leading the list. The Redskins and Jets have legit had awesome FA periods, Jackson and Lawson have been two of the best signings. Ours has been decent but is mostly just because we signed so much quantity like the Pats.

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