Quote:4. Thanks for the more detailed breakdown. You might want to edit your article.


 

1. The Jags can certainly 'cut' him and then offer him a lower contract. They did that with Babin last spring.


 

2. That the Jags have $50M in cap room is meaningless WRT this discussion. It just points out the lack of interest in fielding a winning team. What salary do you think Alualu could get from another team if he were cut? Why should the Jags pay more than that?


 

3. So Alualu's contract is "roughly the same" as three starters, and you don't think that's a bad idea? Marks is grossly underpaid. Ziggy Hood was paid his market price. I'm not suggesting Alualu be paid less than his market price, I'm just suggesting that his market price is much lower than the present extension option.

 

1. In the end, they're paying the same amount because you're eating $1.5M in dead money if you cut him. So you're doing quite a bit of work to save oh... $500k on the cap.

 

2. It's not meaningless when you make absurd points like the $2.5M difference in his salary would sway a free agent or not. It doesn't point to the "lack of interest" in fielding a winning team either. What in the world are you talking about? What he'd get from another team is irrelevant. He's still on his rookie contract.

 

3. No, it's roughly the same as all four starting defensive lineman AND one of the primary back ups. No, I don't think that's a bad idea. Marks just got a new contract. Hood got "market price"? So... $4M/year is market price for a back up defensive tackle but NOT a backup defensive end? How does that work, exactly? What is Alualu's market price?

 

4. It has been fixed.

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