The Jacksonville Jaguars don’t have much (or any right now) cap space to work with, but decided that keeping backup quarterback C.J. Beathard was a priority anyway.
On Friday, the team announced that it kept Beathard with a new contract, less than three weeks before the veteran quarterback was set to become a free agent.
According to the contract details reported by Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the deal is more than affordable for the Jaguars.
The #Jaguars signed backup QB C.J. Beathard to a 2-year deal worth $4.5M base value, source said. The deal also includes $1M in incentives each year, giving him a chance to make $6.5M total.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) February 25, 2023
The deal is only slightly less than the two-year, $5 million contract Beathard signed with the Jaguars during the 2021 offseason.
While the exact cap hit won’t be revealed until there’s a better idea of the displacement of the money over the next two seasons, the contract will be a minimal burden for the Jaguars, regardless.
There’s also a chance that Beathard won’t be on the roster in the fall, as the team recently added Canadian Football League star Nathan Rourke to compete for a backup role behind Trevor Lawrence.
In two seasons with the Jaguars, Beathard has only appeared a few times in clean up duty. He’s thrown just 13 passes with the Jaguars after previously starting 12 games in four seasons with the San Francisco 49ers.
