The Jaguars signed tight end Julius Thomas to what was advertised as a five-year, $46 million contract two years ago, and now it’s time to decide if they want to cut it off after just two seasons.
If Thomas is still on the roster on Friday, $3 million of his 2017 base salary becomes fully guaranteed, according to Joel Corry of CBS. That means it’s time for the Jaguars to either cut him or decide he’ll be on the team in 2017.
At the time the Jaguars signed Thomas, few expected that he’d be gone in two years. But he had a disappointing 2015 season, with 46 catches for 455 yards, and an even more disappointing second season, with 30 catches for 281 yards.
We don’t know what new Jaguars front office boss Tom Coughlin or new Jaguars coach Doug Marrone think of Thomas, so it’s hard to guess whether they’ll keep him or not. But the mere fact that it’s not a sure thing he’ll stick around points to how disappointing his tenure in Jacksonville has been.
