With the coronavirus pandemic financially impacting the sports world, there is a lot of uncertainty surrounding the salary cap for the NFL in 2021. After seeing the NFL reach $ 198.2 million per team in 2020, the next season’s limit may fall to $ 175 million.
Regardless, it is widely known that Jags will be good in terms of cover space. Often, in 2020, they should have more room for capitalization for the next season, which made the vacancies of technician and general manager more attractive than they already were.
According to ESPN’s Field Yates, a portion of the Jags’ total value for 2021 will be an accumulated figure of approximately $ 23.4 million, which would be the fourth highest figure. This is a number that is also well above the league average, as the Los Angeles Rams is right in the middle, with a cumulative value of $ 5.67 million.
By Spotrac, the Jags will be the first in the NFL with a salary cap of $ 74.6 million if the NFL’s maximum salary falls to $ 175 million. Of course, this is due in large part to all the huge contracts they negotiated last season, such as AJ Bouye and Calais Campbell. They also avoided having to pay defensive side Yannick Ngakoue his franchise brand salary ($ 19.316 million), as it was negotiated with Minnesota.
When looking at who is on the list now, only four players are projected to reach a maximum limit of $ 9 million. These players are pivot Brandon Linder ($ 9 million), linebacker Joe Schobert ($ 9.9 million), linebacker Myles Jack ($ 12.1 million) and point guard Andrew Norwell ($ 15.5 million).
The Jags could also save about $ 9.9 million if they released players like point guard AJ Cann and tight end Tyler Eifert (contract option). It also wouldn’t hurt to keep both, if that’s what the current regime wants to do too.
As for the outstanding free agents, the notable players that the Jags may have to decide on are left tackle Cam Robinson, receiver Keelan Cole and cornerback Sidney Jones IV. Once they decide on them, there should be no lack of space available to cover their many needs and perhaps get some help for the quarterback they most expect them to receive: Trevor Lawrence.