Quote:No player should be judged on their production under the Gus regime unless there were some serious character red flags. Coughlin and marrone will get rid of guys who don't want to put forth 100%

 

I mentioned this ^ earlier but I'll say it one more time:

 

Thomas (and others) showed signs of phoning it in by trotting through their routes occasionally when Bortles was several weeks into his mechanics meltdown. 

 

I don't blame them for being frustrated at that point, but it's very possible that Marrone became upset enough by Thomas' lack of effort that he releases him or asks Caldwell to try dealing him away.

 

Looking at his salary due and dead money however, it really makes more sense to keep him this season and send him packing in 2018 if he doesn't rebound with the new offensive playbook.  The Jags would only save 1.7 mil by releasing him this season, but would save 7.4 mil next year.

 

If they trade him this offseason they could save 4.7 mil this year but would still be on the hook for 3.6 mil because of the contract's structure. 

 

(all of these numbers are according to overthecap.com)

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