Jags A.M. Podcast Ep. 217 | Recapping the First Days of Free Agency
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What is the current state of the Jaguars in free agency?
Program into a special edition of Jags AM in the PM. Beautiful day in Florida and it's officially now the beginning of free agency. I'm Kenani Stevens, Brian Sexton and John Ozer are in with me this afternoon as everything is now official. So we're going to bring you all the free agency news and We'll start out with our big things today, and our first big thing is no new friends, because as of right now, the taping of this show, the Jaguars are one of three NFL teams that haven't signed an outside free agent, Brian. And we knew it was going to be different than last year, but it's all quiet right now on Jaguars front. Well, and people aren't used to that because the Jaguars have always been one of the prominent spenders in the early days of free agency.
But in recent years, they have constricted their cap somewhat with some big contracts for players. And then they went last year and signed Jacoby Myers to a new deal. Plus, they've also got guys on their own.
Why are the Jaguars not signing outside free agents this year?
Brenton Strange, a guy. They like to get something done with him. They're thinking instead of just these few days at the start of free agency, they're looking at the calendar over the course of an entire year and seeing where they can spend their money wisely. Honestly, John, after years of the Jaguars jumping into the pool to see teams like the Raiders and the Browns and the Titans spending like crazy, I'm fine to just sit back and let the water subside. You remember way, way back at the top of the show when we showed the picture of the Matthews Bridge on a glorious day?
What players have the Jaguars re-signed so far?
It is a glorious day for the Jaguars. And I get that fans are refreshing Twitter. And when you refresh Twitter looking for free agency news, you get in a tizzy, Brian. You know what a tizzy? I've seen you in one. If you go to an auction, my wife and I went to an auction in 1995 and bought a bench. We got the bench home, and it was awful. But we had to have that bench. And we got rid of the bench like two years later because it wasn't very good. Fortunately, we had no cap hit on the bench. My point is, people who are worried about this, this is a great sign for this organization. I don't know if they'd have had more cap room if they'd have spent very much. They're being smart. And I'll get into it. I am worked up, Kai.
How is Monteric Brown's return significant for the Jaguars?
I am in my own free agent frenzy. This was the right way to approach this. And everybody who's panicking, calm down. This is a good organization doing things the right way. I think it's worth pointing out that the Jaguars have about $51 million in dead camp money for this year. And a big chunk of that is Gabe Davis, who was a free agent two years ago. So all you have to do is remember some of the mistakes of the past to understand why they don't want to repeat them in the future. absolutely this is all different but it's different in a good way and they did make some moves this week or go to our second big thing which is running it back because they are running it back with some of their own they're bringing back familiar faces one of those going to be monteric brown who they signed to a long-term deal and he said his focus was staying in jacksonville just somewhere i always wanted to be you know i got drafted here you know jaguars took a chance on a seven rounder and man just i enjoyed my time since i've been here and
Man, just play with these guys, these coaches, this organization, man. It just means a lot to me and I want to continue that.
What impact do Travis Etienne Jr. and Devin Lloyd's departures have?
So John, they're bringing back some more familiar faces to us in terms of Buster Brown is coming back. Dennis Gardak has another deal. Quentin Morris, another one earlier this week apart and all of them saying similar things in that they want to come back to Jacksonville and be a part of what's being built here and Buster Brown specifically, I think probably could have made more money on the open market, but it was important for him to be a part of this. Yeah, that's real. And look, all of the years where fans have been hurt when players left, when players did bad things. I remember Aaron Ross
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the current state of the Jaguars in free agency?
0:17–1:11
2
Why are the Jaguars not signing outside free agents this year?
1:11–1:44
3
What players have the Jaguars re-signed so far?
1:44–2:25
4
How is Monteric Brown's return significant for the Jaguars?
2:25–3:28
5
What impact do Travis Etienne Jr. and Devin Lloyd's departures have?
3:28–4:17
6
How are the Jaguars planning for the upcoming NFL draft?
4:17–4:50
7
What strategies are the Jaguars using to build their roster?
4:50–5:19
8
What are the implications of the Jaguars' free agency decisions for their future?
5:19–31:27
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