03-14-2023, 06:56 PM
(03-14-2023, 06:51 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: Well, obviously, Michael J. Thomas, Jalen Davis, Joe Bachie, Cal Adomitis, and Pratt.
Look, we paid zero reserves more than $3 mil per year last year, or the year before. For Perine, and others, teams with more cap room and no looming issues could always make it difficult to keep some of our guys.
The way to keep the team together (as much as possible), for as long as possible, is not to overpay for anybody. To our credit, but also to my frustration as a fan, we are not doing that. Bell's deal had a funky structure, with $10 mil vs the cap the last two years that were likely problematic for us. If folks don't want to pay $10 mil for a RB1, then $4 mil for a backup makes no sense.
I don't see any way Mixon is cut pre-draft at this point.
Cannot disagree, also think all those things made this happen. Also, it costs us less to cut Mixon after 6/1 and there are lots of RB's
out there to be had in both FA and in the Draft. I just didn't like losing Perine, but that is a bit much for him if he isn't starting.
Would rather have a couple RB's that are threats to take it to the house and can also pass block than just relying on Perine as the
starter like those numbers would allude.
