The Jaguars are releasing defensive end Jared Odrick, his agency, DEC Management, announced (Twitter link). The move will save the team Odrick’s entire cap number – $8.5MM – for 2017.
Having to cut ties with Odrick at this point clearly wasn’t what the Jaguars had in mind when they inked the ex-Dolphin to a five-year, $42.5MM contract in 2015. But he’s now coming off a season in which he missed 10 games because of injuries. Odrick had been an eminently durable defender from 2011-15, when he didn’t miss a single game, and he led the Jags in sacks (5.5) in his first year with the club.
Odrick, who has amassed 63 starts, 23 sacks and five forced fumbles since entering the NFL in 2010, will now head back to the open market. The Jags, meanwhile, will add a sizable amount to their already lofty cap space total.
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I can see the dolphins low balling him and even landing him
Would be a nice option for Chicago – looking at Hicks, Goldman, Odrick as the primary front 3 with Bullard, Ferguson and Sutton as the next 3 up- it’s a step in the right direction.
Would be nice if he came back to Miami.