The Jaguars are releasing wide receiver Allen Hurns, a source tells Adam Schefter of ESPN.com (on Twitter). The move comes as a surprise since Hurns has been a regularly featured player for Jacksonville over the past four seasons. 
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Hurns was midway through a four-year extension worth roughly $40MM with $20MM in guaranteed money. Those guarantees were paid down over the first two years of the deal, so the Jaguars will carry no dead money while saving $7MM against the 2018 cap.
Last year, injuries limited Hurns to just ten games. He has missed eleven games since 2016 and that was likely a factor in Jacksonville’s decision to let him go.
Although a great deal of cap room has already been spent around the league, there are still dollars out there for someone like Hurns in the second wave of free agency. The Jets, for example, still have $40MM to work with and continue to scour the free agent market for help at wide receiver.
The Jaguars, who mounted an impressive run to the AFC title game, will return with a revamped group of wide receivers in 2018. Star Allen Robinson, who missed the majority of the 2017 season, left in free agency to sign a lucrative deal with the Bears. Meanwhile, it appears that new pickup Donte Moncrief will serve as the team’s No. 2 WR behind Marqise Lee as he replaces Hurns on the depth chart. New tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins also figures to see a lot of passes thrown in his direction.
Jacksonville’s receiving corps looking mighty different than a year ago…
Give Bortles and Lee big $$ and dump the other WRs…. Let’s see how Jacksonville’s passing game goes this year
I could see Baltimore, Jets, or even Chicago making a run at him.
Knock on wood. But I think chicago is set at receiver as they already had Meredith and Kevin white before free agency. I think Baltimore should and if they I think they be sitting pretty at the wide out position
I don’t know why I said knock on wood
Because it’s sounds better than knock on metal?
Bears should not be counting on Kevin White for anything other than depth – he hasn’t been able to stay healthy, Hunts would fit in though since then the top-4 WR would be coming off injury
*Hurns
Exactly. I wouldn’t be surprised if White gets cut. He was a big fail as a Top-10 pick. 4 total games in 3 years…not worth counting on anymore
White isn’t going anywhere, they constantly rave about his potential.
Is there a player signing that isn’t raved about by management? The Bears even raved about acquiring Mike Glennon (although I’m sure they would rather forget about that).
They should address this via draft or a trade, Bortles needs good weapons to make up for his deficiencies
Rams need to jump on Hurns.
come to green bay
Come to AZ. Bradford needs a deep threat
Why didn’t they release him before FA? They could’ve signed Robinson back if they did that to begin with.
guessing they didn’t think Robinson was worth what he got coming off injury regardless of their cap space.
They didn’t want to pay the tag of $14 mil and he got $16 mil so I’m with him I doubt they would’ve
My bad his AAV is $14
I could see the Jets aggressively pursuing Hurns. Pryor, however, has more versatile potential. They will be in the mix for one if these receivers.
Saints
Ravens….cut Perriman and go get Hurns. If he catches a single pass in the pre season he’s already more productive than BP ever was.