Quote:So, to follow your logic, if I come into a windfall of cash, and I decide to " invest " it at the horse track ( read: high risk ), and I lose it all, it's not a big deal because If none of my horses pay off, so be it, the money was there to be bet.

I can't follow that logic. The goal of everyone who manages their cap dollars is to get at least $1.00 worth of value for each $1.00 spent. In the NFL, if you're willing to waste cap dollars, you'll end up on the negative side of the win-loss stats. My point wasn't that the Jags were foolish to pay up for these guys....I realize "overpaying is what free agency is all about". My point was that this is a pivotal point in the careers of our current management.........If a majority of these FA's and draft picks fail to live up to expectations, their careers in Jax will be short-lived. The fans here have bought into the story that this is year 3 of the rebuilding process. If there is no sign of progress in 2015, I can't see how they would be permitted to say " o.k., that didn't work, so we're in year 1 of a new rebuilding process"

It is my understanding that the team was MANDATED to spend up to 89% of the cap.

 

If they didn't, the difference between what the cap floor is and what the Jaguars actually spent below that floor would be charged to the Jaguars, and that money would be given to the NFLPA, who would then give out that money to players as they saw fit.

 

In other words, the Jaguars would have had to pay the money anyway, whether they signed any new player or not.

 

In that case, why not go after players who might actually improve the team?

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