02-19-2021, 07:49 PM
Franchising Lawson and re-signing Jackson will probably cost at least 28m towards the cap this year.
That doesn't even factor in re-signing other free agents: Huber, Wilson, Harris, Allen and Carter are all likely to be signed. That's somewhere around 9m, so that brings the total to around 38m...and that accounts for almost all the current cap.
Then you have guys like Perine, Daniels, Spain and Evans who they have to decide if they want back or not.
They can free up about 24m by cutting Atkins, Hart, Finney and Uzomah...but then you create other areas of need that have to be addressed in FA or the draft.
It's going to be interesting to see what they do, because they're going to have to be a little more creative this offseason.
They absolutely have to sign a G and get a new RT, IMO. There's a possibility they could do both without breaking the bank if the rumors about Rob Havenstein are true. Trading for him (reports are that the Rams would take a 5th round pick) addresses RT and then they could sign Matt Feiler to play LG, a position he did very well at and says he has a preference for. Both moves would only cost about 13-14m combined in cap space for the next 2 years.
That doesn't even factor in re-signing other free agents: Huber, Wilson, Harris, Allen and Carter are all likely to be signed. That's somewhere around 9m, so that brings the total to around 38m...and that accounts for almost all the current cap.
Then you have guys like Perine, Daniels, Spain and Evans who they have to decide if they want back or not.
They can free up about 24m by cutting Atkins, Hart, Finney and Uzomah...but then you create other areas of need that have to be addressed in FA or the draft.
It's going to be interesting to see what they do, because they're going to have to be a little more creative this offseason.
They absolutely have to sign a G and get a new RT, IMO. There's a possibility they could do both without breaking the bank if the rumors about Rob Havenstein are true. Trading for him (reports are that the Rams would take a 5th round pick) addresses RT and then they could sign Matt Feiler to play LG, a position he did very well at and says he has a preference for. Both moves would only cost about 13-14m combined in cap space for the next 2 years.
