Jacksonville Jaguars release TE Johnny Mundt

The Jacksonville Jaguars' release of TE Johnny Mundt earns a D+ Contract Value Index (CVI), reflecting a low-cost move that nonetheless represents suboptimal asset management for a team positioned to compete for a playoff run. At $1.5M in total value, this is a replacement-level salary that had minimal cap consequence, but the CVI grade captures a broader inefficiency: the Jaguars are paying to part ways with a depth piece rather than letting him walk into free agency or absorbing nominal dead money. With Jacksonville sitting at 13-4 and holding the #3 seed in the AFC South, roster moves this late in the offseason should be surgical and cap-neutral, yet this transaction suggests either a late-stage miscalculation in roster construction or a reluctant salary dump that could have been avoided with better planning. The cut itself isn't catastrophic — Mundt's production tier doesn't move the needle — but the CVI grade reflects the inefficiency of shedding even cheap depth in a window where every roster spot matters. For a team with championship-adjacent record, this is the kind of nickel-and-dime move that hints at marginal roster clarity issues entering the stretch.