According to Ian Rapoport, the Jaguars are not expected to pick up the option for DT Marcell Dareus by tomorrow’s deadline.
The move makes Dareus a free agent and frees up $20 million of cap space for Jacksonville.
The Jaguars have been expected to move on from Dareus for some time, as his salary didn’t fit his production last season. The team also has a number of other needs to address with that cap space.
Dareus finished 2019 on injured reserve after undergoing core muscle surgery but is expected to be fully healthy for the 2020 season.
Dareus, 29, is a former first-round pick of the Bills back in 2011. He signed a massive seven-year, $103.2 million contract that included $60 million guaranteed with the Bills back in 2015 before being traded to the Jaguars in 2017 for a 2018 sixth-round pick.
Dareus later agreed to restructure the agreement with the Jaguars last February and was owed $2.835 million in 2019 and $9.5 million in 2020.
In 2019, Dareus appeared in six games and recorded 13 tackles, 0.5 sacks and one pass defense.
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