The Jacksonville Jaguars have invested a large amount of money in two offensive linemen, Brandon Linder and Andrew Norwell. Linder became the NFL’s highest paid center by signing a five year deal worth $51.703 million, in 2017. Norwell missed five games in 2018 after signing a five year deal worth $66.5 million.



Neither player can stay healthy. In fact, Linder has not played a full sixteen game schedule in his career. Since his rookie season of 2014, he has missed 26 games for an average of 5.2 games per season. Norwell did not play in the first preseason game in Baltimore. He has missed practice time due to a leg injury. Norwell has had a disappointing career with the Jaguars. What can the Jaguars do?



Both players must play well this season to justify their big contracts. Would Jacksonville decide to cut ties with them and move on to younger linemen?

If the Jaguars released Linder, they would have a dead cap hit of $4.5 million. Releasing Norwell would hurt more as far as the dead cap goes, a whopping $25 million. Together, their dead cap would cost the team nearly $30 million, according to spotrac.com.



Will Richardson Jr. has turned heads in camp. He has taken reps at three different positions on the line. He has played both tackle positions and right guard after teammates were bitten by the injury bug. Could he make the move to left guard?



There was some good news out of training camp Monday. Cam Robinson is off the injury list. He is back to practicing after suffering a season ending injury last season. He and Richardson could anchor the left side of the line.



In reality, Doug Marrone should sit both players until the regular season starts in September. Jacksonville needs them to healthy and ready to play in week 1 against Kansas City. You have to hope they will ready to go because they are too expensive to release.



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