(10-28-2021, 08:11 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: [quote pid="1417642" dateline="1635458316"]
navyjagfan
True, you do have to prepare for that, but realistically since Trevor signed a 4 year contract and you can always exercise the 5th year option, you don't have to really think about it until 2024 at the earliest and in 2022 the Jags are projected to have at least $70 M in cap space.  

Just have to be smart with the cap space and not waste it on older players on the decline. I'd like to see some some home runs in free agency, like a Godwin or Gesicki.

The last thing we wanna do is tick off our franchise QB and make him wanna walk. If he continues to progress and shows to be one of the better QB's in the NFL as I expect, he's gonna want a new deal in 2-3 years. It's best to keep the QB happy. I've had enough of the disenfranchised Jags players that wanna leave. Let's try to keep this one happy. Franchise QB's don't just grow on trees.

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NewtonI think instead of worrying about having enough cap for Lawrence, we should be focused on the fact that we have a window now when he has low cost and we should stack talent to try to win the next two years. We will find cap room for Lawrence when the time comes.
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By cutting talented players around him, because we can no longer afford them. Great plan, dude. Is that you, Trent Baalke?
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But this could be a double edged sword.  Yes, you want to be prepared to re-sign him in 3 years.  But that won't necessarily be the only thing that makes him unhappy.  Failing to give him the tools to win will also hurt.  I don't think any guy we could realistically trade for at this point would destroy the cap to the point we couldn't re-sign TL in the future.  Besides, making the right trade might actually signal to him the team is willing to do what it takes to help him succeed.  That said, at least in terms of receiving help, I can't see the team making a move that will make that much of a difference in his early career.  Michael Thomas doesn't have the field stretching speed the team needs at wideout.  Brandin Cooks has the speed, but its troubling he's been traded so often in his career considering speed at his position is at a premium.  He doesn't have the size you'd want.  OBJ is damaged goods and hasn't been the guy he was with the Giants.

Furthermore, right now, this is a 1-5 team coming off of a 1-15 season.

How much cap room could this current group of guys really command?

Do we re-sign Chark?  Maybe...maybe not.  I don't think he commands a big money deal.

What current OLs do we re-sign such that would hinder our cap space in that time?  Maybe we keep one of the interior three.  Maybe we retain Walker Little if he develops into a T.

Maybe James Robinson gets a second deal.

But as it stands now, I don't think too many guys on offense would break the bank to keep.

Ditto with the defense.  Josh Allen is in his 3rd year and is playing okay, but is not generating the sack totals that would command a high cap figure contract in a year or two.  Would Chaisson command a high dollar figure?  Not at all, barring a wholly unforseen explosion in productivity.  I could see DaVon Hamilton maybe commanding a big payday down the road. 

At this stage, I don't see cap space as being the thing to worry about.  I fear the bigger concern is keeping enough quality talent around him.

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