05-09-2023, 11:52 PM
(05-08-2023, 12:03 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: I disagree with you often, Frank, but this is most definitely not one of them. The run D took a huge step back when Reader was out. He is the anchor our D is built around. I lean heavily towards an extension.
How things go this year will obviously play a part. And just like with losing Bell, Bates, & Hurst allowed for an unexpected Brown signing, so to next year. If Higgins plays hardball & Boyd dies not, & Iosivas explodes, who knows?
2024 FA, (Potential replacements):
1. Jonah Williams, $12.6 mil, RT (Carman, Collins)
2. Joe Mixon, $13.1 mil team option ($2.75 dead cap) (Chase Brown)
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3. Tyler Boyd, $10.3 mil (Charlie Davis)
4. Chido Awuzie, $7.9 mil (DJ Turner)
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5. DJ Reader, $15.5 mil (no one, Tupou, also a FA)
6. Tee Higgins, $4 mil (likely $20 if extended) (Andrei Iosivas)
7. Logan Wilson, $3 mil ($7-10 mil if extended) (ADG)
We could also save $15 mil but cutting Hendrickson or $7 mil by cutting Collins.
That 42M in 1-4 can easily re-sign DJ and Logan. Burrow will not be a mega cap hit next year and Tee likely wont either. Regardless they can play with numbers much easier with these all being new contracts in regards to structure.
