Philadelphia Eagles: 4 potential midseason Alshon Jeffery trades
By David Esser
Jacksonville Jaguars
The Jacksonville Jaguars are in full-on “tank mode”. They shipped away Yannick Ngakoue for draft capital, cut former #2 overall selection Leonard Fournette, and traded away starting safety Ronnie Harrison for a measly fifth-round pick. They were fairly inactive in free agency in terms of adding elite talent, and are trotting out a former sixth-rounder in Gardner Minshew as their starting quarterback.
This is a team that is fully embracing the “tank for Trevor Lawrence” approach, so why in the world would they want someone like Jeffery on their team?
Outside of the Jaguars obvious desire to lose, they also have an abundance of free cap space lying around. With such little talent on their roster, they really aren’t responsible for paying anyone of any large significance. This sets them up to be in perfect position to “absorb” bad contracts for further draft assets.
Jeffery is on the hook for just over $30 million over the next two seasons, and this is something the Philadelphia Eagles would really prefer to get out of. By attaching a late-round pick to Jeffery in a trade, the Eagles could dump this horrible contract on Jacksonville.
The Jaguars get more draft picks and the Eagles get one step closer to solving their 2021 cap problems, everybody wins.
Jacksonville doesn’t even necessarily have to play Jeffery in 2020 if they don’t want to (since they’re trying to lose games), and then could simply release him the following year in 2021 as they gear up for what they hope is a Lawrence-centered rebuild.