Derrick Harvey Just Backdoored His Way Into a Vice Grip on the Jags' Lower Extremeties

The signing of defensive end Bo Schobel by the Jaguars might pass as inauspicious under normal circumstances, simply being the by product of James Wyche going down for the season in the middle of training camp (Achilles).

However, it's kind of tough to ignore the large pink alligator in the room on this one, meaning that first round draft pick defensive end Derrick Harvey is still holding out of camp.

Now, the Jags aren't completely finished by Wyche's injury in terms of personnel, but as RCR at BCC notes, it was a nice point of leverage in the whole Harvey situation.

James, as you might have heard, was having a fantastic camp. His performance is one of the many factors that makes the Jaguars hold such a strong position over Derrick Harvey as the DE corps was holding its own. Wyche would have probably been the 5th DE on the depth chart behind Spicer, Hayward, Groves, and Harvey, but his performance was starting to turn some heads.

And now the only heads that GMs awkwardly watching him fall past them on the waiver list. Oh, and Harvey's as he shakes it back and forth in jubilant, millionaire glee, given that the Jaguars now have nearly zero leverage to hold over him in contract negotiations.

Paul Spicer and Reggie Heyward will definitely suffice as starting DE's (just fine, thank you) but they're a little older and after that, the depth chart starts to get a little thin. Hence, Schobel.

Now, there's all sorts of different opinions about what Harvey is worth, but Maurice Jones-Drew might have put it best when he said that "the market's what it is". And it looks like the Jags might learn that lesson the tough way.