Hobson - only $15 million of cap to work with?

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(02-28-2017, 11:21 AM)Au165 Wrote: I intially had an issue with it too, but after thinking about it more I can find the math. I am going to back into the math here, and honestly it does make sense if you are looking to the future. The issue is it doesn't take into account letting guys go on expiring deals and such.

I think we will need around 9 million in cap for our draft picks when taking comp picks into account. That moves us down to roughly 35 Million in cap. Assume we are pulling out our pool for resigning Eiffert and Burfict next year, you can conservatively assume they will combine for 17 Million. This takes us down to around 18 Million in cap and the difference may be them pulling out money for UDFA and such along with their "injury" pool.

I think the big discrepancy is they are all ready earmarking funds for Burfict and Eiffert which they should, but Fans don't anticipate that. Now they could save money for next year by back loading those deals, but with their injury histories I'd take the big cap hit on them next year to save you if things go south later.

The other thing that needs to be accounted for is they will need more in the rookie pool when they presumably deal McCarron.  If they can get a first for him or wind up tradng back into the 1st, that could be a decent chunk of change.

However, I don't agree with setting aside money for Eifert and Burfict.  Both guys need to prove that they can stay healthy, and Burfict also needs to show that he can stay off the suspended list and show up in shape.  I would use the tag next year on one, if they prove worthy, and try to work a long term deal with the other before FA.