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The Jacksonville Jaguars unceremoniously dumped the longest-tenured player on their roster Tuesday Trent Murphy Jersey , and he wasn't happy about it.
The Jaguars released veteran tight end Marcedes Lewis after 12 seasons to save $3.5 million in salary-cap space. The move came the same day Jacksonville parted ways with receiver Allen Hurns to save $7 million.
Both players are now free agents and can sign with any team that wants them.
Hurns' future had been in doubt since Dede Westbrook and Keelan Cole emerged as big-play receivers late last season. Hurns really became expendable when the Jaguars signed two receivers last week, bringing back Marqise Lee and adding Donte Moncrief in free agency.
Lewis thought his spot was safe, even after Jacksonville signed Austin Seferian-Jenkins and Niles Paul last week. The Jaguars picked up an option in Lewis' contract last month.
Lewis told The Associated Press he felt "disrespected" by the timing of the move. It came a week after free agency began.
"I wish they would have done it sooner," he said. "I think I deserved a little better than this."
The 33-year-old Lewis, a first-round draft pick in 2006, played in 170 games with Jacksonville. His 375 receptions and 4,502 yards receiving both rank third in team history. His 33 receiving touchdowns are second-most in franchise history, trailing only Jimmy Smith (67).
He said he hopes to continue playing and would prefer to stay closer to his home and daughter in Los Angeles. Lewis has ties to former Jaguars coach and current Los Angeles Chargers defensive coordinator Gus Bradley, and his college position coach, Jon Embree Chris Conte Jersey , is tight ends coach for the San Francisco 49ers. Also, former Jaguars offensive coordinator Greg Olson now holds the same position with the Oakland Raiders.
"I've still got a few more years left in me," Lewis said. "Any team that gets me will get a guy who does everything the right way on and off the field and with 100 percent effort. That's all I did in Jacksonville. I always did what they asked me to do, which is why the way they let me go is annoying in that sense."
Hurns would have been behind Lee and Moncrief on the depth chart, and Jacksonville felt his salary was too high for a backup who has missed 11 games the last two seasons.
Hurns has 189 receptions for 2,669 yards and 21 touchdowns in four years since signing with the Jaguars as an undrafted rookie from Miami. But he caught just 74 passes for 961 yards and five scores the last two years while dealing with a sports hernia in 2016 and a high ankle sprain in 2017.
With running back Le'Veon Bell refusing to commit to the Steelers for five years and $70 million (asterisk), thereâs another question to consider: Will the Steelers ultimately refuse to commit to Bell for one year and $14.5 million?
The options available to Bell regarding when to accept the franchise tender and report for duty is premised on the assumption that the franchise tender will still be available to be accepted. Until Bell accepts the franchise tender, the Steelers could (in theory) yank it.
During a March visit to PFT Live, Steelers G.M. Kevin Colbert didnât rule out the possibility of rescinding the tender. While that seemed more like a standard âwe canât rule out anythingâ-type of a comment, itâs now a relevant consideration for the Steelers Stefan Charles Jersey , who may not be willing to pay Bell that much money for one final season, especially if heâs not going to show up until six days before it begins.
Coincidentally (or not), Mark Kaboly of TheAthletic.com noted on Monday that popular second-year tailback James Conner was solid in the offseason program and âlooks like he can be a solid every-down back in this league.â For the Steelers, itâs got be tempting to consider embracing Conner and his $578,000 salary for the entire year over Bellâs $852,000 for each and every week.
Or how about this possibility? Pair Conner with someone like, say, Adrian Peterson. Or DeMarco Murray. (That retirement would end quickly if the Steelers call.) Or Alfred Morris. Or some other veteran tailback who has proven that he can get it done. Whatever the on-field production, the cost would surely be much less than the combined $15 million that will be paid to Bell and Conner.
As to the on-field production, the Steelers now must consider whether theyâll truly get the best out of Bell in 2018. Sure Joshua Garnett Jersey , heâs saying all the right things. But will he be making business decisions between the white lines, especially as the calendar slides to November and December?
Throw in the fact that Bell has become the rare Steelers player to refuse to submit to the teamâs wishes, and the Steelers could decide that itâs in the teamâs short- and long-term best interests to sever ties before he signs the tender. And the most shrewd play would be to not rescind the tender today (which could spark a mini-land rush from teams like, perhaps, the Bills, Jets, Browns, Ravens, Texans, Colts Duke Riley Jersey , Raiders, Broncos, Eagles, or Packers) but right after the last preseason game, when all teams have their hay in the barn and no one will be in position, as a practical matter, to give Bell big money.
Rescinding the tender remains an unlikely outcome, but itâs not all that difficult to see the dominoes fall in a way that would prompt the Steelers to choose to accelerate their looming divorce with Bell by four or five months â especially if theyâre upset that he refused their latest long-term offer.
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