(04-20-2024, 12:05 PM)Jaguarmeister Wrote:

(04-20-2024, 11:46 AM)cland Wrote: Agreed, because of the timing.  This is the time teams are polishing up their draft boards, and if a targeted guard group isn't in the top half of the list this is the type of move you make.  Now maybe it's a cloak and dagger move to make sure teams don't leapfrog them in the draft...but I doubt it.

I wouldn't read anything into it until the guaranteed money, if any, is known.  If there are little to no guarantees as I suspect, it may be just a precautionary move in case they have a Guard or Guards on their targets list but are unsure he/they will be there when they are slated to pick, so let's shore up the position a bit in the event that we come out of the draft with no viable Guard prospects.

A contract with little to no guaranteed money is basically just a camp invitation acceptance.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/jacksonville...ley-14931/

His last contract had 2.3M guaranteed.  If the new deal is similar, that's a good amount of money for a camp invitation.

NYC4jags Wrote:exactly

While I'd prefer they seek a different camp body with more upside, this guy knows the offense and could potentially be useful to any youth added to the IOL as they learn the system.

I somewhat agree with the "knows the offense" point, but I would think that there would be a much better backup/borderline starter available post-draft, as you said.  The ZBS isn't exactly an unknown system, and there are already vets in the offense that can teach it.  Not trying to nit-pick a minimal ~2.3M (if that's what it is,) but I just don't like that they keep going back to familiar faces when the current system has not worked.

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