03-05-2022, 03:42 PM
(03-05-2022, 03:03 AM)Whatever Wrote: Hard to pin the loss on the secondary when they held Stafford to his lowest passer rating of the playoffs, especially with some of the calls against them that weren't called all game. Our defense outperformed our offense during the playoffs and a big reason is almost all of the FA dollars have gone into the defense while the offense gets scraps.
I'm not saying we don't do anything except dump money into the OL, but we need starters at...
LG
RT
TE
3 tech
CB
FS
That's not even counting specialists, an actual competent RG, and depth needs. We currently have just over $48 mil in cap space. We'll be up around $58 mil when Waynes gets cut. Jackson will likely want to become the highest paid CB in the league, so you have to estimate $21 mil APY for him, plus another $15 mil APY for Bates. Based on projections, you're looking at another $8 mil APY to re-up Hill or Ogunjobi. Yes, the cap hits won't be the APY, but we've safely spent well over half of our cap space on defense with this plan and we need a starting caliber LG, RG, RT, and TE. TE will be $8 mil APY based on projections. B tier G's are $7 mil APY and RT's $10 mil. So, $32 mil APY on 4 players on offense to go with $44 mil with three players on defense. That's $76 mil APY that we will have to manipulate down to probably a $48 mil '22 cap hit to leave enough room for rookie pool and injuries. Then we basically have to get a QB, 2 WR's, 2 DT's, a LB, 2 CB's, and 2 S's out of the draft just to fill out the depth chart.
Beyond that, you're talking about the team budgeting for position groups. Do you really think they budget for both Bates and Jackson? Jackson seems like a guy they'd go after if they can't reach a deal with Bates, not someone they would go after in addition to.
I’ve done the math on a lot of this and it works out fine but it worked out with a cap number for Jackson closer to 17-18, rumors today of him wanting to be the highest paid corner in the league probably make this a non starter. That said I’d still offer Gilmore 16 a year on a two year deal to try and snag him.
People thinking we are spending 40 million on O line are about to be really disappointed. From what I heard they still expect a return from their drafted guys last year and want to add another one or two in this draft. They will look to FA but it’s not going to be this massive spending spree on the o line like some think.
