(02-03-2023, 10:35 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: I always expect to overpay in FA

I also find it weird that so many fans draw lines in the sand about what they think is acceptable to pay for players when their "acceptable" number is like 9% lower.

LOL  - i've been guilty myself though

So- Not pointing any fingers at anyone in the thread.
It's just not our money and we don't yet know what kind of cap space is going to be opened up with cuts and restructures.

Just not worth getting bothered about speculated salaries right now.

(02-04-2023, 01:46 AM)Eric1 Wrote: For people who are worried about the cap space.

https://twitter.com/marhsim/status/1621581343305109504

(02-04-2023, 08:01 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(02-04-2023, 06:03 AM)IKhan't Wrote: They simply pushed it all to this season. That accomplished nothing. They are currently over the cap by $57 million. They restructured everyone last offseason, so that bill is now due. They have no decent starting QB, no way to sign a decent FA QB and they probably won't find one in the draft as they sit at pick #29. They are in a mess.

But it does show that the Jaguars, in spite of being $22 million over the cap right now, can easily create loads of cap space.  

Here's a handy cap calculator.  You can sign players, extend players, and restructure players, and easily get under the cap.  I signed Jawaan Taylor, Evan Engram, and Arden Key, restructured a few guys, and I got under the cap.  Easily.  And I'm still under 2024's projected cap.  It took me less than 5 minutes, and I'm sure I could have done better if I'd exerted just a little effort.  Of course, it's not that simple, but it does show you how it can be done.  

https://overthecap.com/calculator/jacksonville-jaguars

A "simple restructure" can be done unilaterally by the team.  It converts 2023 salary to signing bonus and spreads it over the life of the contract.  So if you want to create, say, $30 million in cap space, you restructure $40 million in salaries.  That's assuming is that the money applied to contracts that had 3 more years to run after 2023.   That sort of restructuring would add $10 million to the cap number for each of the next 3 years, and subtract $30 million from the cap number for 2023.   That's not exactly mortgaging the future.

SO, basically we're really just saying the NFL plays with "No Cap" activated like franchise mode in Madden and they can just kick the can of debt down the road like our Government and Federal Reserve do?



Well, if that's the case. I am all in. So, let's go!

Let's go and sign:

Javon Hargrave at DI
Jessie Bates III at S
Jamel Dean at CB
Orlando Brown at OT
Josh Jacobs at RB
James Bradeberry at CB
Dalton Schultz at TE

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