Thanks for making my life boring, captain whitewash.Let’s see how the thread evolves without the misleading title.
Regarding Chung: His cap is currently about 5.5m. If he's cut, his deadcap is about 7.5m. Its actually cheaper to keep him/try to restructure. I can't imagine any NFL player is walking away from 5.5m, since they have to squeeze as much out of their career as they can.Release/Retire Cannon and Chung. Thanks, Ring Havers!
Re-jigger Hightower contract, spread the salary a bit.
Embrace the fact that, as much as Lawrence Guy has been a pleasant surprise, having him as your BEST DL is not great. Guy & Beau Allen should be, at best, your #2/#3 DLs.
Let Thuney walk, pocket the comp pick. Owenhu is your new LG.
Let Cam walk, thanks for being a class act and, um...nice in the locker room?
Trade Gilmore to the Vegas Raiders for a conditional 3rd round pick, improves to a 2nd based on p-time.
Sign WR Allen Robinson III to a big deal.
Sign TE Hunter Henry to a big deal.
Sign WR Marvin Jones to a medium deal.
Re-sign David Andrews to a medium deal.
Sign a couple big bodied DL to prove-it deals.
Sign an athletic-ish LB/ST to a prove-it deal.
Draft QB Zach Wilson, trading up from the teens with a 3rd round pick. (Failing that, stick in the teens and take a stud DL.)
ALT: trade BACK from the teens, select QB Mac Jones.
Get ready for a legit rebuild year. It's a long road. If this is doable, it's a solid start. My best guess for 2021 is...6-8 wins.
Tampa Bay just used a first on a RT so I don't know why they want another one. Wirfs is already better, too.- Trade Cannon and Miami's 3rd rounder to Tampa for WR Miller and TE OJ Howard. $9,972,917 --> $11,996,335 = adding $2 million to the payroll. Gives the Pats a really good and cheap WR and a talented TE. Tampa needs help at T big-time, and they never throw to Miller anymore (7 targets in last 5 games), not with AB in the fold there. They are in win-now mode. Helps both teams.
The other options are to leave Onwenu at RT, start Herron at RT, or draft a T fairly high (Wynn only has one cheap year left). I think you're right that it makes sense for Cannon to compete at least.Lots of people want to cut Cannon. If you cut him, what's the alternative? I'd assume it be to resign Eluemuner.
Cannon's cap hit is almost $10m. Cutting Cannon would leave a $5.1m dead cap hit. So, the assumption is that you'd be able to get Eluemuner for less than 4m, otherwise you'd be paying more for the position just to cut Cannon. Considering he's currently playing on his "prove it" contract at 25, I'd say theres a strong possibility you dont resign him for less than the 4m. realistically, the first opportunity to cut Cannon for real cap savings would be 2022, when his dead cap is 2.5m of his 9m salary.
Unless Herron has a lot more potential than I've seen (which he might) I'm pretty open to drafting a T fairly high. Haven't seen a study but offensive linemen and a good offensive line seem to have a longer shelf life than some other positions and continuity seems particularly important at that position group.Tampa Bay just used a first on a RT so I don't know why they want another one. Wirfs is already better, too.
The other options are to leave Onwenu at RT, start Herron at RT, or draft a T fairly high (Wynn only has one cheap year left). I think you're right that it makes sense for Cannon to compete at least.
I don’t think Miami does this deal even if Gilmore was healthy; he wasn’t the same guy this season, and giving up a young, cheap guy to bet on a veteran returning to form is a bad idea even if you aren’t throwing in a draft pick. With the injury, it’s absurd — Gilmore has negative value on his current contract.- Trade Gilmore to Miami for TE Gesicki and a 2022 3rd rounder. $17,170,834 --> $9,052,460 = savings of $8.1 million, big upgrade at TE, and adds a modest draft pick. For Miami, they get a lockdown defender who is still a pro-bowler...they then extend him. Flores would LOVE him, and Miami has TE depth.
Catastrophic? He's expected to take part in the last part of a team's offseason program and be fine for the season.I feel like the catastrophic injury Gilmore just suffered is going to make him hard to trade for real value.
If we’re throwing 17 million bucks at a WR, why not shoot for a legit #1 like Allen Robinson lll?--Trade Stephon Gilmore to Philadelphia for Carson Wentz.
--Sign Chris Godwin to a deal for $17.2 million.
--Sign Matt Judon to a deal for $16.3 million.
--Sign Hunter Henry to a deal for $9.05 million
--Sign Lawrence Guy to a deal for $5.5 million
--Sign David Andrews to a deal for $7.15 million
--Sign Adam Butler to a deal for $4.75 million
--Sign Justin Bethel to a deal for $1 million
--Sign Damiere Byrd to a deal for $2.5 million
--Sign JC Jackson to a deal for $7 million
--Sign Nick Folk to a deal for $1.25 million
--Sign Myles Bryant to a deal for $1.5 million
--Sign James Ferentz to a deal of $650,000
--Released the following: Julian Edelman, Marcus Cannon, Brandon Bolden, Brandon King, Matt LaCosse, Marqise Lee, Najee Toran, Ryan Izzo, Michael Barnett
Total Cap Space Remaining: $9.23 million
Roster
QB(3)-Wentz, Stidham, draft pick
RB(4)-Harris, Michel, draft pick, draft pick
FB-Vitale
WR(6)-Godwin, Samuel, Meyers, Byrd, Harry, Gunner
TE(3)-Henry, Asiasi, Keene
OL(10)-Wynn, Cajuste, draft pick Onwenu, draft pick, Andrews, Ferentz, Mason, Herron, Cunningham
IDL(4)-Guy, Butler, Allen, Cowart
DE/OLB(5)--Judon, Uche, Winovich, Jennings, draft pick
ILB(3)-Hightower, Bentley, draft pick
CB(5)-Jackson, Jones, Bryant, Williams, draft pick
SAF(4)-McCourty, Dugger, Phillips, Chung
ST(4)-Slater, Bethel, Folk, Bailey, Cardona
Almost like you should read the thread.Isn't paying Chung starter salary with Kyle Dugger in the house redundant anyway? I understand depth is nice but ...
I agree. Godwin isn't the answer. ARIII would *definitely* be the answer.If we’re throwing 17 million bucks at a WR, why not shoot for a legit #1 like Allen Robinson lll?