Who do you sign? (With salary projections)

[leonardfan40]

Glad someone else beat me to this. I was waiting until I had time to find all of the numbers they estimated. I do think some are understated but at least we are going off of a specific set of numbers and not making up our own or arguing with each other about theirs.

I’ve got two scenarios I’ve been kicking around for a while. Both could be done and would drastically improve our o line while keeping most of the rest of our team in tact.

Scenario 1- Big guns:

Armstread OT $20mil- Move Williams to RT. This shores up both T spots and gives us the best FA O line on the market. His injury concerns are real but he’s the guy who is actually worth it when he’s playing. Injuries again this year but the two years prior he was pretty healthy if you take out the games missed for COVID.

Jensen C $13 mil- cut Hopkins which adds $6 mil back to the cap. Some say move Hop to G but if you all remember he was clearly worse at G early in his career before settling in at C. I don’t believe he would still be on the team if he had never found a home at C.

Spain G $4.75 mil- this leaves one G spot up for grabs with Carmen/Adeniji/Smith/Draft pick to fight for it. Spain stays as starting LG, young guys battle for RG.

Re-sign:

Jesse Bates - 1 Year, 12.91 million (Franchise Tag)
BJ Hill - Three years, $26.25 million ($8.75 million per year, $14.5 million total guaranteed
CJ Uzomah - Three years, $25 million ($8.33M per year), $13.25 million total guaranteed
Eli Apple - One year, $4.25 million, $2.75 million total guaranteed

I’m also bringing back Allen (not spending big money on a backup QB). Clark Harris is a FA as well I believe. I’m moving on from Huber to save that money and letting Christman take the job as he’s cheap and already on the roster.

Cuts: Hopkins save $6 mil
Waynes saves $10 mil

Total cap available: $78+ mil
Total cap spent: $72 mil
Cap remaining for draft/injuries: $6 mil.

People will try to say we need $10 mil for draft but that’s just not true when you don’t pick until 31 overall.

Fill out the rest of the roster with the draft. Trade DOWN to add as many picks in rounds 2-4 as possible. There are always teams wanting to move up for that 5th year option and for the QB of their choice at the end of one. I’d be willing to move down multiple times even. Solid depth in rounds 2-4 to fill out the roster with high potential guys who can be roll players year one on a Super Bowl roster.

Scenario 2-O line, O line, O line:

Moses OT $7.5 mil yr to take RT. Williams is solid at LT. that gives us a very nice pair of tackles. Good not great but a clear improvement and will get the job done.

Bozeman C $7 mil- cut Hopkins saves $6 mil. Clear step up and only costs us a mil more against the cap

Daniels G $10 mil

Norwell G $7.25 mil- this leaves 4/5ths of the O line rebuilt. Should be much improved and offer good bang for the buck. 2 G’s in this range, take your pick. I believe both of mine are LG’s. Not sure how difficult it is to flip sides for G’s but I’m sure many of the G’s on that list can do it.




Jesse Bates - 1 Year, 12.91 million (Franchise Tag)
BJ Hill - Three years, $26.25 million ($8.75 million per year, $14.5 million total guaranteed
CJ Uzomah - Three years, $25 million ($8.33M per year), $13.25 million total guaranteed
Eli Apple - One year, $4.25 million, $2.75 million total guaranteed

I’m also bringing back Allen (not spending big money on a backup QB). Clark Harris is a FA as well I believe. I’m moving on from Huber to save that money and letting Christman take the job as he’s cheap and already on the roster.

Cuts: Hopkins save $6 mil
Waynes saves $10 mil

Total cap available: $78+ mil
Total cap spent: $66 mil
Cap remaining for draft/injuries: $12 mil

I’d be happy with either scenario. I think we will actually see something big like this during the offseason even though some are concerned we won’t.