Just two years after signing cornerback Davon House to a big-money deal in free agency, the Jaguars are ready to go in another direction. Jacksonville is shopping House in hopes of trading him, and it’s likely to cut the 27-year-old if it’s unable to find a taker, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL.com (Twitter link).
House is halfway through the four-year, $25MM deal (including $10MM in guarantees) he secured with the Jaguars in 2015. Now, by ridding themselves of House, the Jags would save his entire $6MM cap hit for 2017. House, who spent the initial four seasons of his career in Green Bay, filled the stat sheet in his first year as a Jaguar. In addition to logging 16 starts in 2015, House notched career highs in tackles (60) and interceptions (four).
Unfortunately for the Jags and House, his play took sizable steps backward last season. House appeared in 16 games again, but he only started four and finished with just 16 tackles and no picks. Overall, House’s performance received a grade of 43.6 from Pro Football Focus, which would have placed him among the league’s worst corners had he registered enough snaps to qualify.
Someone tell the Jaguars the idea is to win games……not save the most money under the Cap.
He was signed as a stopgap option to be a top 2 corner until they got some real talent in. His contract was purposely designed to have no guaranteed money after two years so they could cut him if he wasn’t worth the money anymore. With Ramsey establishing himself as a No. 1 corner, Jags need a No. 2 corner (something that House is not) since Aaron Colvin can be the Nickel/inside corner. Cutting House will give the Jags extra money to offer to a corner (like Amukamara) who can actually be a top 2 corner. Or they can use that extra $6 million to address other, more important needs (O-Line, pass rusher, linebacker depth, safety, running back) because $6 million is a lot to pay a No. 3 corner, let alone a No. 4 corner.
john lynch go offer them a 5th and see what they say
As a Jags fan, I would take that in a heartbeat. I doubt another team is willing to offer more (extremely unlikely any team offers a pick in the first three rounds, maybe they can get a 4th rounder if a bidding war starts).
we would have a deal then Hahahaha