Bob from Ponte Vedra, FL
Why did the Jags put the tag on Cam Robinson? I ve watched him play and he is not a great left tackle. Former Jaguars right tackle Leon Searcy said recently that Cam was average at best. Why not try and sign Trent Williams? We know he could protect Lawrence.
The Jaguars put the franchise tag on Cam Robinson because they believe he is a functional left tackle – and because offensive line coach George Warhop believes in Robinson. They also tagged him because left tackle is a difficult, expensive position to find in the NFL; even average left tackles are difficult to find and expensive. Why not try and sign left tackle Trent Williams? Because you don t know the cost – and because that cost might be prohibitive. But mostly because you might try and fail. If you try and fail to sign Williams and let Robinson leave as a free agent, you don t have a left tackle. That means you re probably starting a rookie left tackle drafted late in – or outside – the fir