“It just felt like my agent and [General Manager] Trent [Baalke] and the whole front office did a good job maneuvering all those things where it felt like we all won in the end,” he said.
Lawrence said a focus throughout the negotiations was ensuring the Jaguars had money – and salary-cap maneuverability – moving forward.
“There was a certain amount that you as a player want to make and you want to be in market value, all those things,” Lawrence said. “But you also want to keep the team in a good position to where we can pay other guys and have players around me and do all those things from a salary cap perspective.”
Lawrence said it’s his understanding that the contract extension “puts us in a position to where we can still have a lot of talent here.”
“We can bring guys in or we can keep the guys that we have,” he said. “That was something that was important to me. It wasn’t worth it to me to sacrifice being able to have a good team just so I could make some money.