09-30-2022, 11:05 PM
(09-30-2022, 10:35 PM)Housh Wrote: If there is ANY way at all to keep all 3 i think we’ll be happy we did it. Even if that means letting Bates, Bell, Apple, Hurst and Flowers go this off-season then letting Chido, Mixon and Jonah walk next year.
We’ll have the tag which allows us to keep a guy even if we are over the cap. I could definitely see us tagging Boyd in 2024, resigning Tee and Wilson and losing one of either Reader or Trey H.
The draft is going to be really really important the next 2 years because after we sign Burrow, and whoever else we’re signing we’ll have basically no flexibility
I think Mixon gets cut next offseason. It would save $7.35m in cap space.
I don't think there's a chance in hell Boyd gets tagged in 2024. The 2022 tag number for WRs was $18.4m and then a ton of WRs got paid big. In 2024 that number is going to be enormous. The top 5 WR cap hits in 2023 are $31.2m, $30.75m, $28.3m, $27.8m, and $26.6m. The last offseason for WRs will absolutely kill the affordability of WR tags. Boyd will also be in his age 30 season.
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Can probably get a 2023 1st rounder and 2024 3nd-4th rounder if you trade Higgins in the offseason.
I know it's not great feeling to trade away talent, but if he's going to leave anyway getting a 1st rounder in 2023 that you can use to draft a new WR sure would make it feel a bit better.
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