{"id":190910,"date":"2026-03-14T00:42:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T00:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/190910\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T00:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T00:42:16","slug":"jakobi-meyers-restructure-may-hint-at-jaguars-making-a-splash-in-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/190910\/","title":{"rendered":"Jakobi Meyers restructure may hint at Jaguars making a splash in free agency"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before free agency started, the Jacksonville Jaguars were around $16 million over the cap. After a series of restructures, they managed to get out of the red<\/a>. That allowed them to re-sign cornerback Montaric Brown and ink running back Chris Rodriguez<\/a>. <\/p>\n

However, the Jags needed to free up more space, which is why it’s not particularly surprising to find out that they reworked Jakoki Meyer’s deal to get it done. <\/p>\n

The Jaguars reworked Jakobi Meyer’s deal to create $3.76 million in cap space<\/p>\n

Michael Ginnitti of Spotrac posted on social media that the Jags managed to create $3.76 million in space by convering $4.7 milion of Jakobi Meyer’s salary for 2026 into a signing bonus. <\/p>\n

Following the restructuring, Meyers now has a base salary of $1.6 million<\/a> in 2026, and his cap hits for the next three years are as follows:<\/p>\n

2026: $6.2 M2027: $22.3 M2028: $24.3 M2029: $7.2 M (void)<\/p>\n

Later the same day, the Jags also created $2.46 million in space by converting $3.2 million<\/a> of Logan Cooke’s guaranteed salary into a signing bonus. The change in the cap hasn’t been reflected as of this writing.<\/p>\n

After converting Cooke’s salary, the Jags should have around $7 million in space. From an outside perspective, it’s hard to tell what they plan to do in the upcoming weeks, but they would be able to make a few big moves if they keep freeing space. If that’s the route they take, they’ll have plenty of options to choose from.<\/p>\n

Josh Hines-Allen, Arik Armstead, and Foyesade Oluokun would be candidates for contract restructures. Another option would be to trade left tackle Walker Little<\/a>, who was benched in favor of Cole Van Lanen last year. <\/p>\n

Trading Little may be the best course of action. It wouldn’t push cap into future years, and Jacksonville could get some kind of compensation in return for him. <\/p>\n

What could the Jaguars do after the Jakobi Meyers restructure?<\/p>\n

The Jaguars need to bolster the interior defensive line and the pass rush. While their options in free agency have dried up a bit, they could try to trade for help at both position groups. <\/p>\n

Without many enticing options to upgrade the defensive tackle position in free agency, Jacksonville could try to trade for Jalen Carter<\/a>. But if the Jags want to fortify the pass rush, they could pursue Josh Sweat, who may be available via trade<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The Jaguars would need to keep tweaking a few contracts to take a swing, but it’s doable. On the other hand, they may just be creating space to get their rookie class under contract. Either way, the situation it’s worth monitoring. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before free agency started, the Jacksonville Jaguars were around $16 million over the cap. After a series of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-190910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}