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Marcedes Lewis spent 12 years with the Jaguars Black A.J. Bouye Jerseys , and eventually wants to end up back there. So it’s natural for him to have opinions about some former teammates.As it pertains to running back Leonard Fournette, he’s hoping things have been smoothed over. he’s hoping the skids have been greased for an imminent exit.After speaking on Fournette’s situation, Lewis was asked by TMZ (via the ) about Bortles’ future.″That’s a different situation,″ Lewis said. ″When Blake was there, he obviously did the best he could. I have a lot of respect for Blake and that’s a decision that’s going have to be made upstairs.″Even though he’s from California, Lewis has obviously spent enough time in the South to drop a “bless his heart” on someone from time to time, a phrase that sounds nice but usually carries a much sharper meaning.He was more hopeful about the running back patching things back up, after Fournette was suspended and the team took the extreme step of voiding his guarantees. He’s challenging that, though he and coach Doug Marrone have cleared the air and Marrone declared him to be in a “really good place.”″The way they are structured and the way they do their thing A.J. Bouye Jerseys 2019 , it’s always about running the ball first,″ Lewis said. ″I think Leonard is an amazing running back. He’s young and has some things to work on, but they should keep him.″If they are indeed on the same page, Fournette can be part of the solution. Bortles, on the other hand, may not get another chance to do his best in Jacksonville. The Eagles seem to be intent on applying the franchise tag to quarterback Nick Foles, not to keep him but to trade him. Specifically, to trade him to a team other than the Giants or Washington.Given the decision of the Denver Broncos to trade for Joe Flacco in lieu of pursuing Foles, an important question needs to be considered: Will there be a significant market for the Super Bowl LII MVP?The teams looking for a potential starting quarterback include the Dolphins, the Jaguars Black Calais Campbell Jerseys , the Giants (maybe), and Washington. Would these teams invest $25 million or more per year in Foles, or would they wait for the draft, where a quarterback would be available at a total value of less than $25 million over four full years?If the Eagles intend to tag and trade Foles, and with the Broncos officially out of the mix, the non-NFC East options may be the Dolphins and Jaguars — and only the Dolphins and Jaguars. And if the Dolphins decide to pursue a rookie quarterback of their own (the Jets and Bills got their first-rounders in 2018), it leaves the Jaguars as the only viable player for Foles.So what would the Jaguars give the Eagles to get Foles? More importantly, what would they pay Foles?If Foles is tagged, he’ll be looking at roughly $25 million fully guaranteed for 2019. It wouldn’t make sense for him to accept a long-term deal worth less than that per year. So would the Jaguars send a mid-round pick to Philly and pay Foles $25 million per year or more?Maybe. Maybe not. The point is that the Eagles and Foles may not have many options, which gives the Jaguars real leverage. So much leverage that the Jaguars could say to the Eagles Calais Campbell Jerseys 2019 , “We’re not paying him $25 million per year.” Which means that, unless someone else will, the Eagles could tag Foles and be stuck with a backup making more than 25 times what the starter will earn in 2019.Foles’ camp has been conspicuously quiet in recent weeks, at a time when they could be balking about the team’s plan to tag him simply to trade him — a plan that would violate the CBA. Perhaps Foles and his agents are doing nothing to push back against the prospect of being tagged because they’ve made enough calls around the league (sure, it’s tampering; sure, it happens) to know that, for 2019, his best outcome is to get tagged, and to pounce on it.