One of the more interesting quarterback situations in the NFL may actually be in Jacksonville. In reality, their current position is something of a mess. Although the team has expressed a desire to keep former tenth overall draft pick Blaine Gabbert, he’s probably dead in the water. In addition, the team’s starting quarterback, Chad Henne, is still unsigned.

That’s the Jags’ current setup at quarterback, but there are a few factors working in their favor. Michael Vick will be available in free agency, and because he’d have the opportunity to be a starter, Jacksonville would be an attractive landing spot for him.

In addition to the attractiveness of offering a free agent such as Vick or even Josh McCown, the Jaguars have the third overall selection in the draft, meaning they’ll almost certainly have the option of taking one of the top two quarterbacks in the draft. Although owner Shahid Khan has indicated his team will definitely be drafting a quarterback, something everyone already knew anyway, the team has been quiet about the details of when such a pick would be used.

It's looking more and more likely that Michael Vick will be available on the open market come Tuesday. And although the 33-year-old Vick is no longer the player he used to be, this is a quarterback-needy league, so Vick should expect to garner plenty of interest as a free agent. 

In fact, there's a decent chance he earns one more chance to start, and while Oakland and a few other teams are likely to be in the running (if they so choose), the Vikings continues to be an intriguing possible home. 

Minnesota's quarterback situation was a mess last year, with the team posting a combined passer rating of 76.0. As a result, Christian Ponder -- who is generally accepted now as a bust first-round pick -- is the only signal caller still under contract on the Minnesota roster. 

Language is an issue in virtually any workplace, and the NFL is no exception. Last month, news hit on Pro Football Talk, among other sites, that the NFL was considering levying a 15-yard penalties for the use of racial slurs on the field.

The question, should the NFL decide to move forward with penalizing teams for the use of racial slurs, is whether or not the league can cut down their use on the field.

In short, it seems likely the NFL could cut down the use of racial slurs with a stiff penalty, but there’s simply no way to legislate such words out of the game altogether. For that to be possible, officials would have to be able to catch every instance of a player using a racial slur, and they’d have to assess the penalty every single time. Outside of putting a microphone on every player, that’s simply not going to happen.

"Upon further review" is a recurring segment in which This Given Sunday analyzes quirks and fascinating tidbits from the NFL's history books. 

The first "real" free agency period took place only 21 years ago this spring. 

Hard to believe, isn't it? Before that, players -- or at least decent ones -- just didn't switch teams. 

Free agency existed before then, but it really didn't. For many years, teams could sign players away from teams, but they'd be forced to give up draft picks to the player's original team as compensation. As a result, it rarely happened. Until 1989, teams with "free agents" had right of refusal and would receive compensation. 

And between 1989 and 1992 -- under what the league termed "Plan B" free agency -- teams could protect up to 37 players on their roster from becoming free agents. In other words, if you started or were in any way valuable, you weren't going anywhere. 

But several players defeated the league in an antitrust lawsuit in '92 and the floodgates opened from there. Reggie White famously jumped from the Eagles to the Packers that spring. Deion Sanders went from Atlanta to San Francisco and then to Dallas two years later. Before we knew it, Jerry Rice was somehow a member of the Oakland Raiders.

The real fun part of looking back on this is league officials reacted to losing in court and the real berth of free agency. 

Jimmy Graham may have been slapped with the franchise tag, but that doesn't guarantee he'll be a member of the New Orleans Saints next season. In order to poach a franchise player with a non-exclusive tag from his original club, a team would have to give Graham a contract that the Saints wouldn't match while also surrendering two first-round draft picks. 

But Graham is one of the best tight ends who has ever played the game. At 27, he's only entering his prime, and yet he already has two 1,200-yard seasons under his belt. In league history, only five other tight ends have hit that mark once. He's also the only player in football with more than 35 touchdown catches since the start of 2011. 

If anyone's going to mortgage their future in order to steal Graham away from the Saints, it's going to be one of these franchises:

You know when you get your paycheck on Friday and suddenly have the urge to spend frivulously on an indulgence or guilty pleasure? 

The intelligent money managers fight the impluse, and save. The not-so-intelligent money managers give in. 

That very familiar desire and subsequent inner dilemma which typically arises the moment cash is fresh in your pockets can be likened to NFL free agency.

The franchise tags placed on Jimmy Graham, Brian Orakpo and Greg Hardy, coupled with Jordan Gross retiring and the finalized deals made prior to March 11th with Brent Grimes, Riley Cooper and Dennis Pitta (to name a few moves) have really taken the sting out of the impending free agency period. While you'll no doubt still see a slew of deals early in the process with some crazy money getting thrown around to the top available talent left, great things come to those that wait. As the market settles and the big money has been spent, that's where the true gems at a bargain price can be found. Below are 10 players that may not sign on the first day of free agency, but they can be had at a reasonable price, and they could make a significant impact on the team that lands them.

Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve seen the stability within the 49ers organization tested in a way most teams never have to worry about. First came the report from Pro Football Talk that the Browns and the 49ers had nearly struck a deal that would have sent 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh to the Cleveland Browns. Then, Jed York came out of San Francisco’s camp to say the report simply wasn’t true.

Since then, it’s become clear that the Browns considered making a play for Harbaugh, but the 49ers weren’t interested, and Harbaugh himself has stated he’s happy where he is. Crisis averted right? Unfortunately, that’s not where the story ends for the 49ers and Harbaugh.

As it stands, Harbaugh’s contract expires at the end of the 2015 season. That gives the 49ers two more years before they’ll either be stuck with paying Harbaugh a huge sum of money or letting him walk out the door. That decision will likely come down to a philosophical belief. Could anyone coach this team deep into the playoffs, or is Harbaugh one of the driving factors in the 49ers’ success over the past three seasons? Obviously, that answer won’t come for some time, but there’s no denying that, outwardly, the 49ers appear to be leading to the former option.

So why are we seeing so much tension of late between the 49ers and their head coach?

If you're expecting us to arrive at a conclusive answer to this question, you're out of luck. The point we're going to attempt to make is that San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is incredibly difficult to -- for lack of a better term -- appraise. 

Kaepernick is undoubtedly one of the game's most dynamic players. He's led the 49ers to within reaching distance of the Lombardi Trophy in back-to-back seasons and is only 26 years old. On the surface, that alone should mean he's worth a massive payday in the very near future. After all, Kaepernick is entering the final year of his rookie deal, which pays him less than $1 million per season. 

But the dude has only started 23 career regular-season games and was merely the league's 10th highest-rated passer in 2013. He's never had a 25-touchdown campaign, which makes you wonder if he's worth the $18 million salary he's reportedly seeking. 

Not a lot can hurt the shield, but I truly think the NFL would risk screwing with the justness of results if it were to move extra points back from the 2-yard line to the 25-yard line, which according to NFL.com's Judy Battista is being discussed, 

That's probably a longshot, and at least a long way off, but Battista reports that it's something the league could experiment with in the preseason. 

Hopefully, that'll cause the competition committee to realize that such a change could have ugly results. 

Right now, the "problem" is that extra points are automatic. A ridiculous 99.6 percent were made with the ball snapped from the 2-yard line last season, and thus there's no element of impact or suspense regarding the point that comes after every touchdown.