12-14-2022, 02:20 AM
For me, my priorities would be:
1. Re-sign Bell.
Realistically, we probably have $20 mil or so with our top 6 FAs in play (Bates, Bell, Pratt, Hurst, Apple, Perine). Though it could be closer to $30 in actual space. Bates eats waay to much of that if he wants $15-$20 mil. I'd like to retain as many of the others as possible and we drafted Hill last year.
But Lou will not want to lose BOTH starting safeties. A deal with Bell gets done. He makes $7.5 mil now. I hope $8-$9 mil can get it done. If he wants $10 or more, I may want to rethink my priorities. He is not worth that much. Hoping we can work the contract to keep the cap hit down to around $6-$7 mil.
2. Pratt.
Due a raise, but how much? I do not want to go past $6-7 mil, max. In terms of cap hit.
3. Hurst. Again, $6-7 mil is my ballpark. Maybe a tad lower.
4. Perine & Apple. Both guys will be reserves, so I don't want to go too high. But both are also starter quality. If we lose one of my top 3 guys, I'd be willing to go higher on either.
1. Re-sign Bell.
Realistically, we probably have $20 mil or so with our top 6 FAs in play (Bates, Bell, Pratt, Hurst, Apple, Perine). Though it could be closer to $30 in actual space. Bates eats waay to much of that if he wants $15-$20 mil. I'd like to retain as many of the others as possible and we drafted Hill last year.
But Lou will not want to lose BOTH starting safeties. A deal with Bell gets done. He makes $7.5 mil now. I hope $8-$9 mil can get it done. If he wants $10 or more, I may want to rethink my priorities. He is not worth that much. Hoping we can work the contract to keep the cap hit down to around $6-$7 mil.
2. Pratt.
Due a raise, but how much? I do not want to go past $6-7 mil, max. In terms of cap hit.
3. Hurst. Again, $6-7 mil is my ballpark. Maybe a tad lower.
4. Perine & Apple. Both guys will be reserves, so I don't want to go too high. But both are also starter quality. If we lose one of my top 3 guys, I'd be willing to go higher on either.
