Quote:Currently Marcedes Lewis has a 2015 salary of $6.65 Mil with another $150,000 in workout money.

 

All of this for a glorified Blocking TE.

 

If the Jags can sign a Pass Catching TE, might they replace Marcedes Lewis with a more affordable blocking TE like

 

Lee Smith - TE - Bills - 6'6" 265 lbs - 28 in Nov 2015

 

He currently is a UFA and should cost less than 2 Mil/Yr.

 

Doug Marrone and Nathanial Hackett both know this guy since he helped make their running game go.

 

Does it make sense to pay a premium to keep Marcedes when we can get his replacement for perhaps a 1/3 of the cost and get a younger talent to boot?

 

The Jags could try and see if they could get a draft pick for him, perhaps a 5th or 6th Rd pick, or they can cut him outright. His salary is a bit high but perhaps he would lower this salary for the team he was traded to say like the Raiders with JDR. Marcedes is a West Coast guy, maybe he needs to finish his career on that coast.

 

Your thoughts would be appreciated.

 

I can't  believe this is a question, of course it's time to move on from Marcedes Lews, he's one of the worst starting TE's in football, severely overrated by Jaguar fans for years. He doesn't have the long speed to consistently threaten the seams, he doesn't have the agility to win in small spaces, he has below average hands, and is an average blocker at this stage in his career. Lewis is merely a 2nd/3rd TE on a good offense, Levine Toilolo (Atlanta) is the same player but comes at a fraction of the cost.

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