There is the problem, though of the Jaguars meeting the minimum spending level.   John Clayton has an article that says the Raiders and the Jaguars must spend now in order to meet the minimum spending requirements.  

 

http://beta.espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1...on-mailbag

 

"The question heading into the 2015 free-agency period is how the minimum spend provision, in its third year, will affect spending. For the Raiders and Jaguars, the impact could be huge.

The system pretty much mandates the Jaguars and Raiders to be the biggest players in free agency."

 

Cutting Lewis would just put us deeper in the hole on minimum spending, at a time when we not only need to spend the money, but we also need players.  

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