Blake Bortles Will Richardson Jersey , a move most expected after a disappointing 2018 NFL season. Releasing Bortles saves the Jaguars $4.5 million in salary cap space..."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Jaguars Free Agency 2016Jaguars Film RoomNFL DraftJaguars Injury NewsLatest NewsJaguars release Blake BortlesNew,142commentsEDTShareTweetShareShareJaguars release Blake BortlesDouglas DeFelice-USA TODAY SportsThe Jacksonville Jaguars have released quarterback Blake Bortles, a move most expected after a disappointing 2018 NFL season. Releasing Bortles saves the Jaguars $4.5 million in salary cap space with a dead money hit of $16.5 million. While it has not been announced how the cut is being applied just yet, the team can designate Bortles a post-June 1 cut http://www.thejaguarslockerroom.com/authentic-logan-cooke-jersey , splitting his dead money between 2019 and 2020, moving the total cap savings to $9.5 million.As mentioned, the move was expected by quite a few this offseason, despite the fact that Bortles was fresh off a new deal last offseason. Following a 2017 NFL season that had the Jaguars on the door step of the Super Bowl Womens D.J. Hayden Jersey , the team gave Bortles a new deal in the hopes that the light had finally come on. Despite a quick start to the 2018 season, the wheels seemed to come off against the Kansas City Chiefs and never got right thanks to massive injury hits on the offensive side of the ball. Bortles was benched mid-season in favor of Cody Kessler, who didn’t fair any better, and it became clear the Jaguars were going to be moving on.Bortles was given one last start in the final game of the season and predictably it ended in disaster. He finished the 2018 season with 13 passing touchdowns and 11 interceptions Cody Kessler Jersey , more in line with what his numbers had been through his career outside of 2015. The Jaguars were active on the waiver wire Sunday and their moves included the addition of two running backs.Additional backfield depth was needed as Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the team has placed Alfred Blue on injured reserve. Blue is dealing with an ankle injury and can be designated for a return after at least six weeks on the list.Tyler Ervin and Devine Ozigbo are the new faces behind Leonard Fournette.Ervin and Blue were once teammates with the Texans, but Ervin moved on to the Ravens last year and failed to make the team out of camp this summer. He has five carries for 15 yards and 14 catches for 91 yards as well as a lot of experience as a returner. Ozigbo fell short of a Saints roster spot after signing with the team as an undrafted free agent earlier this year.The Jaguars also claimed a pair of tight ends in ex-Brown Seth DeValve and ex-Raven Matt Orzech. Jacksonville kept four tight ends on their initial 53-man roster, so they may be parting ways with some members of that group to make room for their new players.