Quote:If by chance the two sides can't agree on a new contract leading up to the FA period,  being that the Jaguars have a multitude of salary cap space,  do you think there's a realistic chance the Jaguars would use the Franchise Tag on Sen'Derrick Marks?  

Hmmmm.  Interesting thought.    How do they figure that #, again?   Is it the average salary of the top 5 players at the position?   That might be a little high.  The guys at the top of that list are really good and getting paid some handsome coin. 

 

I'd think he could be convinced to stick around with a 4 year deal  - annual base salary around 2.5 - 2.8 mil per year and some nice incentives for number of sacks, pressures, tackles for loss etc.  (possibility of making around 4 mil per year if he maxes out the incentives)

 

The tag is probably more like 7 mil per year.  If he had 8 sacks right now instead of 3, then maybe.....

 

http://www.spotrac.com/rankings/nfl/defensive-tackle/

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