(03-28-2021, 12:00 AM)p_rushing Wrote: Sue him and make him pay the expenses to find his replacement. He agreed to a verbal contract with terms.

It doesn't happen often but him backing out after agreeing hurt the Jags and players need to face some penalties if they do that. He obviously doesn't want to leave, so the Jags don't need someone just playing out a contract but they missed out on other players.

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The other side of this coin is the franchise looks petty and no future FA is going to want to sign there, lest they be the next target of a suit.

Didn't we trade for Brown after Alualu was announced? Good luck proving that the franchise was 'hurt'. 

Until a contract is signed, nothing is real. The team can rescind a franchise tag for this very same reason.

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(03-28-2021, 11:31 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: This is the reason, plain and simple: 

Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that Alualu is staying with the Steelers on a two-year deal. Alualu has built his dream home in Pittsburgh and his children are in school there.

It's the last contract he'll sign. He's at the sunset of his career. Why uproot the family when he's made plenty enough money to satisfy their needs and more coming in. Good move as a family man, IMHO. It's not like he was going to be a needle-mover here.

Makes absolute sense. I imagine Ben restructuring also helped sway the decision, would you prefer your last few seasons end up on a possible contender, or a from the ground-up build?

But no, it's just easier to throw a #becausejaguars out there, I'm sure this move killed our chances at the postseason this year. Thank goodness I live hours away from the Modis building and am not an ambitious fellow.

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