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(12-12-2020, 04:32 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: Draft:
Penei Sewell OT Oregon
Creed Humphrey IOL Okla/Alex Leatherwood OT/OG Alabama
Quincy Roche DE Miami

Cut:
Geno Atkins (9.6M savings)
Bobby Hart (5.9M savings)
Billy Price (2.1M savings) (I'm not sure I'd do this cut because he could maybe be a serviceable backup C for a decent price but if I had to choose a third, it'd be him)

Re-sign:
William Jackson III (14M AAV)
Mackensie Alexander (6M AAV)
Kevin Huber (2.5M AAV)
I was considering tacking on Carl Lawson, but I don't know how much he is worth considering he is a "good pass rusher" but never really collects any stats to show that. His value will be very dependent on how other teams view him and that's incredibly hard to predict.

Sign:
Leonard Williams (14.5M AAV)
Andy Dalton (4M AAV)
a mid tier LB or DT, depending on the market, ~4M AAV

That would, apparently, leave about 14 million in cap space to sign the rookie pool and any other free agents that we may go after. I was considering going after Thuney, but 15 to 16M is a lot to spend on a guard and I think we could double dip Oline in the draft and come away with a ready to play guard prospect, so I went with the Dline help instead as the big ticket signing.

I didn't include an extension for Bates because his contract isn't expiring, but I wouldn't be surprised if they went with that over re-signing WJIII, as safeties are a little bit cheaper than CBs and we do have Waynes who is already costing us so much money at CB.

It's interesting, I agree with at least one part of everything that's been posted so far, but do not agree entirely with any of them. Makes for a good discussion thread. 

This is probably the one I like the best. If we were voting, I'd vote for it. 

Couple small quibbles though:

At least according to overthecap.com (which I prefer to spotrac), we'd save Price's salary if we trade him but not if we cut him. I don't know why or if that's even accurate. But remember, we save 3.5M by cutting Finney anyway, and a little over 2.5 if we cut XSF. So I don't think Price is a must. 

I'd love to have Dalton back but I have a really hard time seeing it under any circumstances. 

I think your AAV estimates are pretty accurate (not sure why Mac's would go up though, but others have said that too). I do want to point out for everybody that AAV doesn't always equate to first year cap hit. Waynes's AAV was around 14M but his first year hit was only 10. Reader's deal was about the same. I believe this is what most teams do, and we only started doing it last year. And I think it's a good idea for several reasons. 

But I'd be cool with how the roster shapes up if we followed your plan.