Why not keep Andy as a backup?

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(04-26-2020, 03:20 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Rookie draft pool (amount to sign our picks) is $11.87 million, but those 7 players will displace 7 other players already on the roster.  I think league minimum salary is $610,000.  So even if the seven players replaced are the 7 lowest players currently on the roster that is $4.27 million.  This means the real cap space needed is about $7.6 million.  We currently have $8.95 million cap space.

I guess I'm not convinced. We need to keep 2 extra players this year per the new CBA. They always leave a little room for injuries. They need more room to extend Mixon and AJ--which by all accounts they intend to do. 

Everything I've heard in terms of our cap space up to this point has said we need to move Dalton to afford our draft picks and the extensions for guys like Mixon and Green. 

I don't like the idea of cutting depth at other positions to make room for Andy, as much as I like and respect him. The season is longer. We'll need the depth.

I'm not going to spend the time to research our cap space and break down our final roster by salary--I'll leave that up to one of you guys. But yeah. That's where I'm at. We'll see what happens I guess.

AJ has way more value than Dalton. They have similar salaries. I say keep AJ. Shawn Williams is valuable depth. Gio is a great rotational back. I don't want to lose any of these guys. Dalton is the only one that seems expendable to me.