My plan would be to start negotiating with Josh Allen the day after the season ends.  Hopefully, they can agree to a long term deal.  You then franchise tag Ridley, hopefully negotiate an extension, but don't sign it until the day after the draft so we only have to give up a 3rd round pick instead of the 2nd.  If Josh Allen really plays hard ball, we can franchise tag him.  He's more valuable than Ridley, but I think we should be able to keep both.  We also should extend Lawrence and try to re-sign as many of the free agents as we can starting with Cleveland and McManus.

We'll have to see how contract negotiations play out, but I don't think this is impossible.  According to Spotrac, the Jaguars are projected to be $22.3 million under the cap next year.  If we cut Cam Robinson, we save another $17.75 million.  That puts us $40 million under the cap.  We can restructure or extend other contracts to save additional money.  Keep in mind that when you sign a player, the first year's cap hit is typically fairly small.  The player is happy with a large signing bonus and therefore can keep their first year salary and therefore the salary cap hit low.  If we need extra money, it's Scherff.  We have two options.  If we cut him pre-June 1st, we save $9 million of cap space this year and another $7 million the following year.  Alternatively, we could make him a post-June 1st cut and we would save $16 million this year, although we would be pushing some cap space into the following year.  Of course, if we cut Scherff, we would have to find a replacement.

Assuming we could lock up our major players, we could use our first two picks in the draft on a pass rusher and a center.  Although we would lose our third rounder because of Ridley, most expect us to receive a 3rd round comp pick for Taylor.  We already have an extra 4th and 6th round picks and likely will receive another Day 3 compensatory pick for Arden Key.  Those picks can be used on depth and roll players.  If we did this, we would have an excellent team next year.

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