Quote:Well, your analogy turns *really* convoluted, because it would also have to be a case where if you don't spend the money it gets thrown away, where all investments are high risk and where the safer the investment the more you have to invest (up to and including well beyond the expected return on that investment). In that case, sure, bet on a few horses.I can't agree with you here. If just one or two of the free agent acquisitions made with cap money that had to be spent anyway work out to the extent that the team hopes, that's a brilliant result. It spreads the risk better than burning hundreds of millions on Suh, for example, and the expectation that more than one will work out as an improvement probably helps the team quite a lot.This makes no sense. Having a handful of high-risk, high-reward contracts that we can afford of which some don't pay off does not in any way set the team back to year one of rebuilding.

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I guarantee you that the Jaguars are not one or two players away from fielding a contender. So the straw man you presented is not valid. If we were the Patriots, coming off a long string of winning seasons, your argument would have merit. Bill B. et al would not be in danger of losing their jobs if they made a few mistakes in free agency and/ or the draft. The Patriot's owner as well as the fan base would shrug their shoulders and say " next year will be better ". This GM and these coaches will not get that latitude.


As to your point about my horse betting analogy, let me point out that any unspent money below the 89% threshold would not be " wasted ". First of all, the Jaguars cap managers are too smart to violate the 89% rule.......that won't happen. Secondly, given our overall talent level, it would be difficult not to be able to upgrade it ........if we fail, that's a serious black mark against our expertise in identifying and attracting talent. Third, if there was unspent money, it would be distributed to players on our roster already......sort of a windfall bonus. We wouldn't lose draft picks or face fines. My final point is that this 89% rule covers a four year period, not just 2015. We would have time after 2015 to " make up the difference ".

A previous poster opined that we have the cap space, so no big deal if we select some players who bomb. Again, given our recent struggles to field a competitive team, I believe it is a big deal.

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