Jacksonville Jaguars Salary Cap Spending Against AFC South Rivals

The Jacksonville Jaguars are in the midst of the annual free agency shopping spree.  Are the Jaguars spending salary money like their fellow AFC South rivals?

The Jacksonville Jaguars will have a salary cap of $167 million for 2017. According to overthecap.com, the Jaguars have spent almost $50 million so far in free agency. They are still almost $51 million under the salary cap.

Jacksonville allocates their cap by spending 57.87 percent on defense and 43.72 percent on offense, according to spotrac. By taking a closer look, the Jaguars spend 23.53 percent of the defensive salaries on the defensive line. Jalen Ramsey accounts for 2.57 percent of the cap.

Offensively, the Jaguars spend 17.78 percent of the cap on the offensive line. The illustrious wide receiving corp accounts for 9.1 percent. Blake Bortles’ contract is 3.19 percent of all 2017 spending. All Jaguars quarterbacks are almost 7 percent of cap spending.

Indianapolis Colts Salary Cap Numbers

The Indianapolis Colts allocate 52.33 percent to offense and 42.5 percent to defense. Andrew Luck is 11.17 percent of cap spending. This is expected as the Colts have heavily invested in their starting quarterback, one of the best young quarterbacks in the NFL. If Luck gets hurt, the Colts are in deep trouble at the game’s most important position. They have $35 million left to spend.

Houston Texans Salary Cap Numbers

The Houston Texans have split their cap by 48.64 percent to the defense and 45.75 percent to offense. Most noteworthy is the trade of quarterback Brock Osweiler to the Cleveland Browns due to cap concerns.  J.J. Watt’s huge contract accounts for 8.3 percent of Texans cap space. The Texans have almost $31 million left.

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Tennessee Titans Salary Cap Numbers

The Tennessee Titans are defensive heavy in the cap ratio.  Almost 60 percent goes to the defense and only 36.41 percent toward offensive positions. Seven of the top ten Titans salaries go to defensive players. The Titans have around $44+ million to spend.

Probably, Jacksonville will use the draft to add more offensive firepower.  Seems like they would be able to land another big-time free agent with dollars left to spend (as evidenced by bringing in Dontari Poe over the past week, but it has to be a good fit).  The Jaguars have the most money to spend compared to their AFC South rivals. Money isn’t everything, but the Jags have added some key pieces so far this offseason. Hopefully it will pay off with a division title in a weak AFC South.