JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars were big spenders in free agency again — and general manager Trent Baalke hopes it’s the last time.
The Jaguars signed seven players this week to contracts totaling $259.5 million with $155.25 million in guarantees. A better use of that money would be on players the team has drafted instead of trying to bring in outsiders to make up for the numerous draft mistakes the franchise has continually made over the past decade.
That’s where Baalke and coach Doug Pederson hope to be within the next several years, but for now it’s a giant open checkbook.
“We’re trying to fix this thing long term, have a vision for the future as we build this thing out, and right now it’s a combination of free agency and the draft,” Baalke said Wednesday. “We hope to get this organization to the point where we’re not relying on free agency as much. We’re relying on…
