(01-16-2019, 08:03 PM)Jags02 Wrote:

(01-16-2019, 12:19 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: Futures contracts often really do end up being merely an off-season addition - but they don’t have to be. 

When the season ends (for any teams not continuing in the postseason) front offices begin a flurry of futures deals. Players on any team’s practice squad as well as free agents not currently signed are all fair game. And most importantly - none of these deals count against your 53. So you are adding against your 90 man offseason roster count. For that reason - many of these players don’t outlast camp cuts. 
 
To put this in perspective - NFL Teams have collectively signed 273 players to futures deals since the regular season ended. This  happens every year. 

The VAST majority of those players are being treated as “camp invites.”  Most of them will not survive cuts.

Maybe the Jags see more in this QBs future than camp, maybe not.

Sure these players often fail to make it through the roster cuts, but that's not what we were talking about. The post I replied to was suggesting that if he made it he'd get a new contract. That's simply not the case. Also, regarding the guys who often get cut, you don't see that happen all that much with players on a futures contract making north of six figures.

What is north of 6 figures though? All contracts have to be north of $100,000 because of the league minimum. Is he then making 7 figures? If he is, why not say 7? The statement makes no sense unless he doesn't have a full contract for next season and just has something paying him for camp.

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