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(3 hours ago)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: Those cuts + a Burrow restructure (+$19 mil) would put us over $110 mil in space.
Minus:
Chase extension = +9 mil
Higgins cap hit extension +22 mil
BJ Hill signing = $10 mil
Stud FA guard = $20 mil
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That's $61 mil. $110-$61 = $49 mil.
That $49 has to vover the PS ($4 mil) and our draft pool (say around $7 mil). So down to $38. And Mikey will never spend right to the cap. So say $30.
42 guys signed - 4 cuts + 6 picks + Tee, BJ, and stud guard. That's 47. 49 once Adomitis & Rehkow (or similar $1 mil men) are signed..
So say $28 mil for FA's who are above vet min level pay. Vet min guys like Ford & Hudson don't count, they guy they are displacing makes justcas much.
Quibble with my estimates all you want. They ain't THAT far off. I don't think I made a math error. Only Hilton, Gesicki, ADG, and maybe Trent Brown will command much in FA of our guys. Maybe Herbert or Ossai?
We could cut a bit more (Stone & Pratt) as well.
Some of the strong FA guards are coming off injury. Daniels tore his Achilles. Fries broke his tibia, badly. Zeitler is 34. I doubt those are $20 mil guys. Smith & Jenkins are healthy.
My point is, I don't friggin' buy, for a second, this idiotic idea that we cannot afford Tee & Chase. We can, and buy big in FA at the same time.
Regarding cuts: I agree with these ones:
1) Hubbard
2) Rankins
3) Cappa
4) Moss
5) Restructure Joe's contract.
-Thats 30 million in cap savings not counting a restructure. that's enough to get 3 solid players in FA:
1) Tevan Jenkins ( Guard)
2) Chase Young ( DE)
3) Camryn Bynum (S)
