(01-25-2023, 12:47 PM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(01-25-2023, 12:04 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: Robinson has 22 mil in dead money against our cap if he walks. I think that means you HAVE to do the due diligence and see if he can play RT or not. 

Now, if you meant to phrase that in the past tense, yes, they likely would have been better off if they had let him walk. 
I get why they wanted to cover their butts in that situation though. Young QB who had his rookie year screwed by incompetence - best make sure he has some depth in protection etc.

Sorry. What I meant was imagine they let Robinson walk before the season began and just had Little start week 1.

(01-25-2023, 01:07 PM)jaglou53 Wrote:

(01-25-2023, 10:51 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: Taylor is going to leave, he can get significantly more money on the market than we can pay. Little moves to RT, Cam comes back at LT and we draft Cam's replacement this year. Once the replacement is here we can choose if Little plays left or right, but he seems more likely to move to RT in the short term while we have Cam. I think we have to use that money we would spend on Taylor on our other needs including signing the other guys we want to keep and bringing in a few upgrades to the depth guys. We draft DT, OL, CB, and TE; maybe a mid rounder rush end, but we need to figure out if we want a traditional lineman or a rush 'backer first.

I tend to agree with you regarding Taylor. The Jaguars would like to keep him, but some other team will likely offer him more than the Jags can afford given their cap situation. It would be a good idea to draft a tackle who could provide more depth at that position for 2023 and eventually replace Cam at one of the tackle spots. I do see a conundrum for the upcoming season regarding who plays left tackle. Little did very well on the left side when called on to replace Robinson. He had limited reps at right tackle prior to that and was just "so-so." Ideally, he can prove to be as effective on the right side and keep Cam at left tackle for 2023-24. If Cam doesn't excel next season, he can be released and Walker would move to left tackle.

Regarding your draft recommendations, I'm in agreement that an offensive lineman (preferably guard) and corner/nickel should be high on the list. You have also indicated that the Jaguars should go back to the 4-3 defense as the base since their current players fit better in that scheme. It is critical that they get this decision right because the team's pass rush was a weakness in 2023 and must be improved for the team to have legitimate Super Bowl aspirations in 2023-24. I am guessing that Caldwell sticks with the 3-4 with the expectation that Walker's pass rushing skills will improve dramatically from his disappointing rookie season which netted only 3.5 sacks. If my guess that they stay in the 3-4 base is correct and Walker fails to take a big step forward, the defense will continue to struggle resulting in Caldwell's dismissal as DC.

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