(02-20-2019, 05:28 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

(02-20-2019, 04:43 PM)rpr52121 Wrote: I think you have to go into the Foles negotiations that all the guaranteed money would be in the first 2 years. It is a tough sell, and I don't know if he will bite. But the Jaguars have shown good discretion to walk away if it gets too expensive before. 

But that way, you essentially have all the options available to you for cap hits for that class.

A secondary concern would be the ability to keep guys like Dareus or Gipson.

If we sign Foles, could we keep both, one, or neither?

If we could only keep one, which one could we keep?

I'd rather keep Dareus than Gipson, though I know Gipson is a favorite of Marrone.

My preference would be to keep both.

I agree with you that traditionally, that's how Caldwell makes all of his contracts with players, but I'm hoping those front loaded deals don't make us lose a guy like Dareus.

Now that Dareus restructured. It helps that. For Gipson, the draft has some great options for safety and ideally where Jags find a cheaper replacement.

This really depends on how they need to bring in help for Foles. Free agents are not great at TE/WR. There are some RB, but they will be priced too high. If they determine that they have to use picks for WR/TE/RB's, they won't have the draft capital to pick up a safety or such.

A way to help out could be to trade future picks to get an extra pick this year. It is not that common NFL vs say NBA and comes at a bit of a premium, but it could work if there is a guy falling they just absolutely love.

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