(01-08-2023, 03:29 PM)TheDuke007 Wrote:

(01-06-2023, 03:49 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: Backloading contracts when you are staring down the barrel of what may be the largest QB extension ever inked seems like a bad idea.

You previously said that you thought the Engram would likely play under the franchise tag for the Jaguars next year.  How do you predict the Jaguars will get under the salary cap and carve out another $11+ million to franchise tag Engram without back loading some contracts?

*They save 8 mil cutting Griffin
*They shed 1.4 mil in miscellaneous dead money from old contracts/players who are gone
*They restructure RRH to spread his money due next year evenly over two years instead of 10 mil next year (he's a FA after '23)
- pay him 7 mil in 2023 and 7 mil in 2024. 
*The cap is going up by 10-12 million. 

That's 24.4 million right there. 

I think they either tag Engram or get a deal done. I don't know if one is more likely than the other. And I could be wrong about how they structure a deal. 
Not trying to be combative about this or anything, I'm just nervous about the number required on Trevor's second contract. 
Makes me think they won't stretch too much toward 2024/2025.

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