Quote:1. House- If we keep House he will be a 6 mil. cap hit for the next 2 years and if we cut him it will be no dead money.  No brainer

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/jacksonville-...ouse-7850/

 

2. Parnell- Will be no dead money and will save a 6.5 mil dollar cap hit next year.  No brainer

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/jacksonville-...nell-8941/

 

3. J. Thomas - Will be 3.6 mil in dead money but will way worth what we save.  If we keep Thomas it will be a 8.3 mil cap hit, only to go up the following year to a 9.8 mil cap hit and then in 2019 to a 10.3 mil cap hit

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/jacksonville-...omas-7848/

 

4. Skuta-  If we cut Skuta it will be no dead money.  If we keep Skuta it will be a 4.1mil cap hit for the next 3 years.  The only way I can see us keeping him is for depth.  Would be good but really expensive depth, would rather spend the money elsewhere.

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/jacksonville-...kuta-7590/

 

Odrick and Lewis are 2 others I thought about bout I would keep both.  Cutting these 4 players would be only be 3.6 mil in dead money and would free up 24.5 mil.  I think these decisions should be a no brainer for whoever our GM is.  Thoughts?

 

Questions to ask yourself  before commenting on salaries, caps and cuts:

 

Is it your money?

Do the Jaguars need to cut costs right now?

Where is the help?

Why does is it upset you that someone is making lots of money?

Do you know how much money is pouring into the league from broadcasting deals?

Do you realize how big the cap limit is in relation to the Jags expenses?

Are there replacements for these players?

What time of year is it?

 

 

Of the players you mentioned, Parnell is the only one making significantly more money than other players at his position. Parnell ranks 6th in salary for a right Tackle and is probably middle of the pack in talent. I don't understand the total hatred of Parnell. Maybe it's because the average person doesn't know what to look for when grading a tackle, but he's not a bad player although there seems to be some regression I hope he can bounce back from. Overpaid, relatively yes, however, by next year he will probably be out of the top 10.

 

Julius Thomas Total Cash is actually 10th highest among TE's right now and he's not bad. Dwayne Allen is #1 at 12mil for 2016 so fathom that. The Jags aren't the only ones overpaying mediocre players, so try not to go crazy over it. 

 

**House is 33rd(CB's) and Skuta 36th (OLB's) 

 

I'm in no way justifying Caldwell's aggressiveness of mediocre free agent acquisition. I do however see a ton of praise when Caldwell brings them all over in March. The only player I consider truly terrible is Skuta, the rest you can argue overpayment all day. Overpayment is a league-wide problem. House is fairly inexpensive for a veteran player who makes the same amount of mistakes any average corner makes. 

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