Jacksonville Jaguars general manager David Caldwell has made numerous free agent signings over his 4 seasons as the head honcho, some lauded and some ridiculed. One of the moves that almost everyone agreed to be savvy was the calculated signing of former Pittsburgh Steelers left tackle Kelvin Beachum.
Instead, they recognized Joeckel as a sunk cost and acted accordingly to fill a weakness. They signed Beachum, the former Steeler coming off a torn ACL after a wildly effective 2014 campaign, to a team-friendly deal. Beachum basically gets a one-year tryout for $5.4 million in 2016, and if he plays well, the Jaguars have the option to apply what amounts to a four-year extension for $40 million.