(11-20-2024, 12:27 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: To me, if you're looking for a silver lining, the team doesn't have to make many drastic cuts to have the cap space needed to improve the roster. Just a few.
Having 60 mil free before cuts - and then having the standard early round picks plus two picks in the third, and two picks in the fourth (which I'd package and trade up with) - that's a solid amount of capital already.
On defense they need two safeties, a starting #2 corner, a disruptive DT.
On offense they need to sign/draft a second tackle regardless of where they put Harrison, they need a new Z receiver (Davis should be gone IMO) and they need a guard that can play either side.
We can list other places to upgrade, sure, but these are the lynchpins causing most of the damage or slated to be missing pieces in 2025.
It's seven starters out of 22.
Very doable in one offseason.
To me, if you're looking for a silver lining, the team doesn't have to make many drastic cuts to have the cap space needed to improve the roster. Just a few.
Having 60 mil free before cuts - and then having the standard early round picks plus two picks in the third, and two picks in the fourth (which I'd package and trade up with) - that's a solid amount of capital already.
On defense they need two safeties, a starting #2 corner, a disruptive DT.
On offense they need to sign/draft a second tackle regardless of where they put Harrison, they need a new Z receiver (Davis should be gone IMO) and they need a guard that can play either side.
We can list other places to upgrade, sure, but these are the lynchpins causing most of the damage or slated to be missing pieces in 2025.
It's seven starters out of 22.
Very doable in one offseason.
That's also a good way of looking at it. There's the players we have that are going FA but also where you want to make improvements and bring in starters. The $60m cap space gives you the option of taking a hit or two with dead money to move on players and still have the ability to bring a few in FA. Like you say we have a nice amount of early rounds picks to address a few of these issues and I wouldn't be against using a 3rd or 4th rounder to trade for someone who can be a starter instead of having too many rookies learning all at once.
My instinct right now is that D needs addressing the most urgently. Whatever pick we end up with I'd like to use on D (if we end up with #1 then maybe trade back to #4/#5 and get another pick) and 2nd Round on Oline.
I agree with all your areas of need and would like to maybe add another LB.
(11-20-2024, 12:30 PM)Cleatwood Wrote: I hope Gabe Davis never suits up for the Jags again.
In the long list of FA busts, he may be #1.
I agree with you but his contract is a horrible one for us moving on. His salary is $6.7m but his dead money is $20.3m
Maybe we can use him to do the jumping from the roof of the stadium before games?
