Quote:I went back and listened to Caldwell's year end press conference; it is posted on December 30th in the video section of this site.  When asked if he thought Poz and Lewis would be brought back with their high salaries, he stated that Poz was incredible with his leadership skills and believes he has a couple good years left, and then said "the same for Lewis".  He also mentioned that their decision to be brought back would not be cap based. 

 

My read on the comments were that he is likely to bring them back.  Especially in light of some of his other comments about the team being so young throughout the conference, the presence of some [added] veterans is/may be a good thing.  I don't think he's prepared to cut them to create holes of need, at least not yet, nor does he seem to want to lose veteran leadership given the roster.

Poz is almost a certain lock for the roster next year.

 

I'm not as certain about Lewis.  I think the Jags will look at what's available in free agency, and if they can truly upgrade the position, they'll pull the trigger.  They won't dump Lewis unless there's a viable replacement, but honestly, with his mediocre hands as a receiving threat, if they can find a guy capable of blocking adequately with better hands, they'd be hard-pressed to pass that up.

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