Why not keep Andy as a backup?

[Bengalstripes9]

(04-26-2020, 04:00 PM)bfine32 Wrote: You haven't? Many have been presented:

Cut Hart and Williams

Hell, cutting some TE named Cethan Carter and Ales Redmond gets us there

Sign AJ to a long term and spread out the cap

Make a deal with Andy to extend his contract and spread out his Cap and give him all his loot with the agreement we'll shop him next year when the market is better

Hell cutting Alex Erikson save us $2 Mil

All of these ideas by us folks who don't get paid to find ways to message the cap

The only counter we're left with is "we can't afford him" and it's been proven wrong

I don’t like the idea of cutting Williams as we need depth in the secondary. There’s one extra game to play and our secondary is routinely hit with injuries. Cutting Williams would hurt the team.

Cutting Hart would hurt the team. We don’t have much depth at tackle. We have two guys fighting for that right tackle spot. One’s a backup the other a starter. Cutting one of those guys leaves a hole at backup right tackle.

We need bodies at wide receiver and returner. Alex Erickson can play the slot and does a great job returning. He deserves a shot at a spot.

I just don't see there being room. We need to sign our draft picks prior to training camp. Those draft picks need to earn a spot on the roster. We need bodies going into camp.

They can possibly work some magic with their extensions to free up cap space this year, but will it be enough?

I’m just trying to be realistic here. I don’t disagree with you that Andy has value and is nice insurance. It would be nice to have him help take pressure off Burrow early and help bring him along.