11-30-2022, 09:14 PM
(11-29-2022, 08:24 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Not since they started actually signing real players in FA. Just the last 3 years...
They cut Bobby Hart.
They cut Trey Hopkins.
They cut Trey Waynes.
They cut Geno Atkins.
They cut Giovani Bernard.
They cut BJ Finney.
They cut Cordy Glenn.
They cut John Miller.
They cut BW Webb.
They cut Dre Kirkpatrick.
They cut Andy Dalton.
What there's not even a 1/1000 chance is that they sign all of Burrow, Higgins, Boyd to extensions next offseason with Chase also needing one before 2024. Simply isn't feasible while maintaining an NFL-caliber roster for the rest of the team. Even less so while paying Mixon nearly $13m.
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Burrow ~$50-52m/yr
Higgins ~$23-25m/yr
Boyd ~$15-16m/yr
That's $88-93m/yr and I believe the 2023 cap is expected to be about $228m. Then in 2024 Chase is going to get ~$35m/yr (Justin Jefferson will reset the WR market again this coming offseason) and that'll put you at $123-128m/yr. Of course it won't all be equal yearly amounts and instead escalate from lower cap hits to higher ones. It's still way too much when you figure that's just 4 roster spots, 3 of them from the same position, and in 2024 they will be taking up roughly 1/2 of your cap space.
Man I'm a Mixon fan and I highly doubt they cut him. But if they made a move like that and decided to draft a RB in the 2nd round to replace him. Then I hope they find a way to pay Bates and Vonn Bell. I know all the talk about Bates not deserving top money but I think they could find a middle ground with increased guaranteed money. I was just thinking the other day that we are very lucky to have the defense that we have and changing things up in the back end of the secondary could have major impacts for this defense.
