Updated cap space

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(03-23-2020, 12:04 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: Was about to say this.

We still don't have the details for D.J. Reader's contract, so any cap projections are speculation, but if we assume he takes the AAV hit of 13.25 million, that leaves us with approximately 2.3 million in cap space.

Once we get rid of Dalton, that will jump to 20 million, but 11 to 12 million of that will be used for our rookie draft class.

The other 8 to 9 million will likely be used as "injury insurance" or maybe extending Mixon or possibly Jackson, although the latter seems less likely.

Our numbers are telling me we're pretty much done with free agency. We may sign a bit player here or there, but no big signings are possible past this point. At least not until we cut Dre (which it looks like we're not going to, interestingly enough).

For every player you sign - including the draft picks whose money you've already allocated - you need to cut someone to make room for them.

So spending 11-12m gross on draft picks will produce a net spend of, at most, half that. Any free agents still standing aren't going to be on top money and there will be bargains to be had.