Quote:I am coming around on this issue.   Are we screwed if we lose Blake anyway?   So if we can make do with 2 QBs, Bortles and Allen, which player can we then keep and not have to cut?   A WR?   A DT?   If we cut or trade Henne, does that mean we can keep Michael Bennett, for example?  

 

It's hard to justify keeping 3 QBs if your 3rd QB looks about as good as your 2nd QB, and you have some very difficult decisions to make at the bottom of the roster.  

 

Plus, there's that $4 million that we would save if we discarded Henne.   I know we don't have any cap issues right now, but the money would get carried over and carried over to the point where it eventually would be very important.  Some day, we will come up against the cap, and this would mean we were $4 million better off.  

 

The only problem is Dave, in the same infinite wisdom that had him hire Gus I'd guess, decided he had to have Henne, even if it meant making a salary guarantee for 2016. So essentially what the Jaguars save by cutting Henne is a roster spot and the possible risk of another team lifting Allen because that other team isn't obsessed with keeping a bottom of the league QB around as their backup.

 

The Jaguars need to take a lesson from the Patriots, don't pay big money to backup QBs, get a young guy and keep your starter healthy.

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