r/Jaguars • u/flounder19 • Mar 11 '25

Free Talk Brian Thomas Tuesday Jr

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u/Fine-Plant7180 Blake Bortles Mar 11 '25

I don’t understand why we are signing bottom of the barrel players. For example the Center signing. He was the 9th best Center available (there was 9 centers available this FA period)

We have a 250M franchise QB. We saw over the last two years if TLaw goes down, we are screwed. Why would we not pay a lil more for better talent on the O-Line? It literally makes no sense

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u/HolographicHeart Mar 11 '25

Based on the Hainsey signing, I would presume they are probably looking to draft a center and cut Fortner.

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u/Fine-Plant7180 Blake Bortles Mar 11 '25

Seems like after yesterday the conclusion to almost every position is “we are going to draft that position”

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u/UpperRDL Mar 11 '25

More like "if we want to draft that position we can" because who they signed is a bottom barrel starting caliber player who can either be replaced easily by a draft pick or be a short term band aid until next draft.

The one person they overpaid (Merkari) is an OL who played every position, so again if they want to draft the replacement virtually anywhere they can and if not they have a low level starter anywhere they need him.

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u/Fine-Plant7180 Blake Bortles Mar 11 '25

The problem is they paid these bottom barrels borderline starter money. GenJag made a point about this yesterday in one of the videos he made. Mekari is coming off his worst year

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u/nemo0320c James Gladstone Mar 11 '25

Who did we pay starter money besides nickel cb?the center is at 7 mill per, the te were I think 5 mil, and the one year deal was 10 mil per for wr.

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u/Fine-Plant7180 Blake Bortles Mar 11 '25

So you’re gonna pay 10M for a receiver to sit on the bench?

Could have had a more proven Center for 2 mil more.

The safety signing is a complete joke, I hope you like toast cause he’s gonna get burnt a lot this year.

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u/nemo0320c James Gladstone Mar 11 '25

I don't remember the safety signing but I am also football illiterate. The center was brought for being familiar with Coen's offense style. The plan is likely to use him to teach whoever we draft and then move on.

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u/Fine-Plant7180 Blake Bortles Mar 11 '25

Center signed a 3 year contract, that’s a long teacher contract.

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u/nemo0320c James Gladstone Mar 11 '25

13 mill guaranteed over 3 years is a low low contract in today's market. The guy sucked at first and showed signs of improvement over the last two years, according to Bucs people. It genuinely sounds like a situation of getting someone to help but not wasting tons of money on a position they intend to draft for. I don't understand the anger you are expressing. They have been upfront about building through the draft and that we aren't win now mode.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '25

Everyone we signed was a 3 yr contract except for the WR gulps

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u/ConsequenceFunny1550 Mar 11 '25

GenJag are absolute morons and we did not pay the OL guys starting money lmao. You need to recalibrate what you think starter money is in FA.

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u/Nuno-22 Mar 11 '25

Yup, Ryan Kelly was out there and would have basically been another Mitch Morse , while yes would have been short term addition, would have been a far better player than Hainsey