03-06-2020, 03:37 PM
(03-05-2020, 08:15 PM)ochocincos Wrote: That would be dumb IMO.
You'll get $17.7 mill in savings if you just cut Dalton.
A third-round pick only costs $1-2 mill a year for 4 years.
You'd be better off just cutting Dalton and put the $17.7 mill toward a FA vs eating that cap just to get a Day 2 draft pick.
The smart thing to do is to eat some salary to increase the draft pick.
I gave this example the other day: a second round guard would be one of the best IOL in the draft and should be able to start immediately and would cost $2m a year for 4 years. A free agent guard of a similar standard (i.e. in the second tier of free agency, so Glasgow rather than Thuney or Scherff) would cost $8m a year.
You could pay $8m towards Dalton to secure a 2nd round pick and still be up $16m over 4 years over the free agency option.
