The Jaguars have agreed to terms with tight end Mychal Rivera, Jeff Darlington of ESPN tweets. It’s a two-year deal with a max value of $6.75MM, but year two is a team option, Mike Garafolo of NFL.com adds (on Twitter). 
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Rivera started 13 games for the Raiders between the 2013 and 2014 seasons. The ’14 campaign was a career year as he logged 58 receptions, 534 receiving yards, and four touchdowns. In 2016, Clive Walford surpassed him on the depth chart. It has been long known that the Raiders were likely to move on from him.
Rivera now joins Marcedes Lewis atop the tight end depth chart. Lesser known tight ends Ben Koyack, Neal Sterling, and Alex Ellis are also on the roster for the time being. The Jaguars have been on the lookout for TE help ever since trading Julius Thomas to the Dolphins in February. The intra-state swap sent Thomas to Miami in exchange for a 2017 seventh-round pick. Then, in a separate deal, left tackle Branden Albert came to Jacksonville for a 2018 seventh-round selection.
They should just draft Howard and be done with giving out over priced contract for scrubs
If they Garrett and Allen aren’t available at No. 4, I agree about Howard. I’m a little skeptical about taking a TE that early though. But if they can’t trade back and say Jamal Adams isn’t there either (not sure if I’d want the Jags to take him, but it wouldn’t be bad to try and groom him to replace Church or Gipson in a couple of years) then they should take Howard. I just don’t see another team trading up because there’s no one that stands out that should be taken at that spot.