What Pollack wants in OL

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(03-04-2022, 03:46 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Money will definitely dwindle faster than some realize.

Good OL will cost $7+ mill each.
Great OL will cost $10+ mill each.

I do expect Hill to be $7+ mill too. Ogunjobi maybe given his injury, but for sure above that if he didn't have the injury.

I'm worried Uzomah could end up going $7-8 mill. I wouldn't pay him that much though.

Bates should be $12.9 mill minimum (franchise tag).

3 new OL = $20+ mill
Starting DT = $7+ mill
Bates = $13 mill
Uzomah = $7+ mill (although I'd only go to $6mill)
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$47+ mill

Then you add the following open positions:
Backup DT
CB4
CB5
CB6?
Backup safety
WR4
WR5
LB5
Additional depth pass rusher?

Vet minimum is just under $1 mill, so theoretically you're looking at another $8-10 mill for those backup positions.

If you make cuts, that's another position you have to fill.

I personally think only cutting Waynes will make it tight on the budget and will require some finagling to fit people in.
Moving on from one more player (Hopkins and/or Boyd) or not retaining the most expensive guy which is Bates should help make the budget easier to work with.

Working with the Over The Cap cap calculator:
I released Waynes, Hopkins, Perrine, and 4 bottom of the roster players (with a few more on the way after the draft.)
Signed four O line starters; Tomlinson, B. Jones, Daniels, and Moses.
Re-signed Hill, Harris, Uzomah.
Signed Rams CB Williams as CB2, Seahawks CB Jones to replace Apple.
Signed Texans WR Conley as WR4.
Signed Cardinals RB J. Conner as RB2.
I let Bates leave in free agency. Signed Texans S Reid to a 1 year deal.
After accounting for the rookie contracts I had $9.5M left for “injuries.”

My top two draft needs would be FS and 3T. Followed by depth at CB, O line, LB, and WR who can also contribute on special teams.

And I used PFF or OTC contract projections/valuations.