(02-04-2023, 10:33 AM)IKhan't Wrote:

(02-04-2023, 10:22 AM)navyjagfan Wrote: It wouldn't make sense to re-sign Taylor.  Walker Little is perfectly fine at either LT or RT.  

Arden Key was a part-time rotational player and will command too much in the open market.  

Engram is the only "must-sign" pending free agent, but using the franchise tag would be perfectly acceptable. Next year, there are several home-grown players like Josh Allen, Davon Hamilton, Ben Bartch, etc. that should be priority signings.  


Time to be frugal and get some compensatory picks.

There is no way I re-sign Josh Allen next year. We drafted him thinking he was gonna be an elite pass rusher and although he's been good, he's certainly not been the player we thought he'd be. Ever since his rookie year, he's been a letdown. No doubt he's gonna command a very big contract, because edge rushers always get over-inflated deals. I don't want to commit big money to a player who has 1 or 2 big games each year and then disappears for the next 4-5 games at a time. It's time for us to admit, we were wrong about this guy (me included) and move on. That money could be used on better players. I'm hoping we find a stud edge rusher for the foreseeable future in this draft. There are some pretty good ones out there. We just need to finally identify the right one.

Josh Allen was the top-rated defender on the Jags D this year according to PFF, and he was the 11th ranked edge rusher.  You don't let that type of talent and production leave in free agency, especially given the history of the Jags not retaining their top home-grown talent.  I actually wouldn't be surprised if Josh Allen was re-signed this year in order to lower his cap hit in 2023.

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