What Would La’el Collins Cost in Trade?

[CJD]

(03-14-2022, 04:39 PM)Au165 Wrote: I believe he will get cut the longer this goes on. The cap benefit for Dallas is minimal with a trade so you'd assume the trade comp needs to be decent. If they do cut him however they save close to 9 million with a post June 1 designation. If he gets to the open market who knows where his price goes to, his value to us is really at that 10 per number. 

Agreed. I didn't realize they gained so little cap space from him being traded. I think the Bengals would need to give them a 3rd round pick to make it worth the Cowboys' money to not cut him with the post June 1 designation. 

If he does enter the free agency market, he is probably looking at somewhere around 12 to 13M AAV if not more.

The Bengals need to ask themselves, is a 3rd round pick worth not having to negotiate against other teams and saving 3 to 5M per year.

I think it may be.