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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 f 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.

 

That would be wasting money.  We already have those players under contract....let's give them a bonus instead of trying to bring in more talent?  Even if only a couple of the FA's pan out, consider it a success.  We are at a point where we have to spend money on our roster.  What's the downside to free agency at that point?  If any of them pan out, we have more talent than the abysmal roster we've had the last few years.

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