JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS 2006 ROSTER - 12/9/06

I'm keeping this updated roster and cap estimate somewhere on the board at all times. Return to this post (if it's buried, just search for a lesser known player) anytime you want to see what the latest roster and salary cap figure looks like, as I edit it often.

Having placed Leftwich on IR, and having extended Wrighster’s contract, the Jaguars are estimated at $5.55 mil under an estimated $105 mil adjusted cap for the Jaguars (includes $700,000 in estimated ‘06 LTBEs). The league salary cap is reportedly $102 mil, but it’s believed the league added roughly $3 mil to the Jaguars cap when adjusting for 2005 incentives results.

With Leftwich and Darius placed on IR, and with Richardson and Sharon activated from the Practice Squad, the Jaguars roster consists of 53 signed players and 8 Practice Squad players with 14 players on IR. In early-to-mid November, Chad Owens and Stanley were waived as Hawkins was placed on IR with Pettway, Wyche, and Fudge replacing them on the roster. October saw Peterson placed on IR with Carroll signed in his place as Brian Jones and Patterson were moved from the Waived-Injured List to IR. In the opening weeks of the regular season, Montavious Stanley and Iwuh were signed to the active roster after placing Hayward and Thomas on IR. Connolly and Davis were placed on IR as Alexis, Curry, Economos, Estandia, Fletcher, Fudge, George, Gibbons, Hunter, Hymes, Iwuh, Maddox, McCullough, Richardson, Romberg, Sharon, Snell, Stamps, Wyche, and Yoder were waived in the second round of cuts. In the the first round of cuts, Greg Jones, Mike Williams, Tony Williams, and Roberson were placed on IR, and Brian Jones and Patterson were placed on the waived-injured list, the day after Troy Edwards, Marler, and Huggins were waived. A week before the first round of cuts, Estandia and Huggins re-signed as Gowin and Kahlil Hill were waived. Early August brought about the signing of Marler and Snell as Huggins, Pinegar, and Carlos Joseph were released. Greg Estandia was claimed off waivers in early July and then released a few weeks later along with Omari Hand shortly before the Jaguars signed their six draft picks and extended Spicer's contract for an additional year. In May the team signed Troy Edwards, Randy Hymes, and Toby Gowin, claimed Wayne Hunter off waivers, and waived James Kinney and Brandon Twito while Jimmy Smith retired. Collier, Fudge, George, Gibbons, Huggins, Iwuh, McCullough, McDaniel, M. Owens, Pinegar, Sharon and Twito were picked up as UDFAs immediately after the Jaguars drafted Lewis, Drew, Ingram, Hawkins, Wyche, and Webb were drafted. In addition to Greisen signing, April saw RFAs Manuwai, Wrighster, Hankton, and Toefield, and EFAs Gray, Romberg, and Richardson signing their tenders. In late March the Jaguars signed Boselli to a new contract so he could officially retire 24 hours later, and they also extended Henderson’s contract through 2011. Brian Williams, Mike Williams, and McDougle signed contracts during the first week of free agency while Cousin, Wiley, and tendered EFA Brian Jones re-signed. Just prior to the free agency, the Jaguars re-signed Meier and Gilbert and waived Lee Webb. In February they signed Norman, T. Williams, Patterson, and Joseph. The team signed eight rookies and first-year players mostly from their Practice Squad—Curry, Economos, Hand, Hill, Kinney, Owens, Stamps, and Webb--at the start of the offseason.

Position designations are being updated according to Preseason line-ups. The notation "R" simply means that the player is either a draft pick or is earning the rookie minimum salary. Players allocated to NFL Europe have their team in parentheses…


#69 LT Khalif Barnes
#80 TE Kyle Brady
#25 CB Ahmad Carroll
#76 OT Richard Collier – R
#58 WLB/DPR Jorge Cordova
#21 CB Terry Cousin

#42 FS Jamaal Fudge – R
#9 QB David Garrard
#50 MLB Tony Gilbert
#37 FS Deon Grant
#5 QB Quinn Gray
#55 MLB Nick Greisen
#85 WR Cortez Hankton
#2 P/H Chris Hanson
#98 RDT John Henderson
#51 WLB Clint Ingram – R
#59 SLB Brian Iwuh – R
#18 WR Matt Jones
#32 RB Maurice Jones-Drew – R
#89 TE Marcedes Lewis – R
#67 LG Vincent Manuwai
#27 LCB Rashean Mathis
#93 RDE Bobby McCray
#96 DT Tony McDaniel – R
#73 OLT Stockar McDougle
#63 C Brad Meester
#92 DT/DE Rob Meier
#65 RG Chris Naeole
#62 C/G Dennis Norman
#24 RB Montell Owens – R
#34 RB/PR Alvin Pearman

#56 LB Kenneth Pettway

#26 FS David Richardson
#10 K Josh Scobee
#43 SS Gerald Sensabaugh

#17 WR Charles Sharon – R
#52 SLB Daryl Smith
#41 FS Nick Sorensen
#95 LDE Paul Spicer
#31 RCB Scott Starks
#99 LDT Marcus Stroud
#28 RB Fred Taylor
#22 RB/KR LaBrandon Toefield
#23 CB Dee Webb – R
#75 LDE Marcellus Wiley
#19 WR Ernest Wilford
#29 CB Brian Williams
#74 ORT Maurice Williams
#11 WR Reggie Williams
#36 RB/PR Derrick Wimbush
#87 TE George Wrighster

#90 LDE James Wyche – R
#88 LS/TE Joe Zelenka


Practice Squad

#40 RB Rich Alexis

#45 LB Kevis Coley – R

#94 DT Walter Curry – R

#12 QB Ben Dougherty – R

#46 TE Greg Estandia – R
#72 OT Ryan Gibbons – R

#39 S Jamar Landrom – R
#84 WR Chad Owens – R

Practice Squad Injured

#78 OT Wayne Hunter

Injured Reserve

#61 LG Daniel Connolly

#20 SS Donovin Darius
#96 DE Jim Davis – R

#57 WLB/DPR Brent Hawkins – R
#97 RDE Reggie Hayward
#86 TE Brian Jones
#33 RB Greg Jones
#7 QB Byron Leftwich

#78 DE Elton Patterson – [Berlin Thunder, #91 (starting LDE)]
#54 MLB Mike Peterson
#38 CB Chris Roberson
#53 SLB Pat Thomas
#77 ORT Mike Williams
#94 DT Tony Williams


Reserve-Retired

#71 OLT Tony Boselli
#82 WR Jimmy Smith


Unrestricted Free Agents

OLB Greg Favors


Signed Elsewhere

LB Akin Ayodele – Cowboys
OLB Tracy White – Packers (released, but then re-signed to replace Carroll)
CB Kenny Wright – Redskins
WLB Jamie Winborn – Bucs
S Deke Cooper – Dolphins; released
OLT Mike Pearson – Dolphins
OT Ephraim Salaam – Texans
C Brett Romberg - Rams
TE Todd Yoder – Redskins
DT Anthony Maddox – Texans (initially signed to Practice Squad, but activated in October)
LS Andre Economos – Bucs Injured Reserve

DT Montavious Stanley – Cowboys (signed off waivers)


Top 5 dead money hits
(total dead money = $2.68 mil)

WR Jimmy Smith - $1,749,333
OLB Greg Favors – $250,000
TE Todd Yoder - $166,167
OT Brent Smith – $150,000
RB Chris Fuamatu-Ma’afala – $125,000


Compensatory Draft Pick Consideration

The basic formula for determining how many compensatory draft picks the NFL gives each team is to take the amount of "UFA's lost" (on another team's roster) and then subtract the amount of "UFA's gained," although the formula is highly dependent on contract values and factors in playing time and postseason honors.

For 2005, the UFAs lost last year were Fernando Bryant, Danny Clark, Jamar Nesbit, and Leander Jordan. The UFAs gained were Deon Grant, Greg Favors, Juran Bolden, Tommy Hendricks, and Todd Yoder. That’s 5 UFAs gained and only 4 lost, which in the end meant that the Jaguars did not get any compensation.

The Jaguars won’t get any compensation for the 2006 draft because Bob Whitfield was the only UFA they lost.

Looking ahead to next year, so far this offseason the Jaguars have gained Brian Williams, McDougle, Greisen, and Hymes while having lost Ayodele, Wright, Winborn, Cooper, Pearson, and Salaam. Mike Williams and Troy Edwards do not count as UFAs gained because the Bills released him, but we’re already plus two meaning we may actually get a couple seventh round comp picks next year. Brian Williams signing bonus will prevent any chance of higher round picks.