Possible 2020 Cap Casualties

[grimesgoat]

1 hour ago, Icege said:

 

I think Cam will be traded.  Even if we thought he could play, I do not believe our roster gives us a legitimate shot to compete.  Get a 2nd and 3rd and start the rebuild.

We're sitting on 10m in dead cap already.  No reason to rack up more dead cap by cutting Poe/Short/Paradis, etc.  We can cut Paradis and Turner next year after we draft their replacements.  The only additions to our dead cap I'd make is Olsen (who will retire) and Gano (who is grossly overpaid).  Otherwise I don't cut anyone.

There are so many free agents this year - Shaq, Irvin, McCoy, Addison, Butler, Boston, Van Roten, Bradberry.  All could get paid decently.  If we are smart, we will let these guys go and cash in a few comp picks for 2021.  The only guys I bring back is Bradberry for around 12m and Cockrell for 2-3m.

Then I draft my QB of the future in Round 1, a DT and C/G in Round 2, a S and TE in Round 3, and a G/T in Round 4.  Finish of the draft with a WR, Slot CB, and DT in rounds 5-7.

2020 will be a rough season, but I will head into 2021 with about 10 picks, my franchise QB, and about 50+m in cap.

[ncfan]

 

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1 hour ago, Bronn said:

We have to cut Poe AND restructure KK. With that money, we can find several replacements.

Especially considering they are injured right now.

That could be a option.

Im 99.9999999% certain we will be a 3-4 going forward even with the new staff.  So with 1 DT signed in this scenario.  Youll have you draft 1 DT high (rd 1-2) who can start day 1.

 

We have to many holes to double dip at DT, so the other starter would have to come via FA.

A Good starting DT will run you around 10 mil min, so that will be every penny saved from cutting Poe

 

[CanadianCat]

quality thread @Icege

[Mr. Scot]

Do we really want to restructure Short again?

Doing it this year hasn't turned out to be such a great idea.

[Forty-Eight]

Can we fire Ron and Hurney first? Probably even fire the owner

[Pimpdaddy]

New GM is gonna be busy...

[kungfoodude]

15 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Do we really want to restructure Short again?

Doing it this year hasn't turned out to be such a great idea.

Yeah, I am not in favor of restructuring any of the older players. Either take the hit on the salary or take the hit on the dead cap. The more quickly we can get rid of these contracts, the better.

[rodeo]

appreciate the write up OP,  good poo.

Poe's pay vs play ratio is the farthest out of kilter imo and it seems foregone that he'll be cut i'd hope

[XOBlackxJokerOX]

I'd rather not burn out CMC as we did Cam. I'd really like to go O-line heavy with this draft, if possible, while looking for a FS/CB/LB (in no particular order) somewhere in there. 

Edit: But I don't want to see the team overreach either.

[PanthersATL]

It's threads/explanations like this that I keep begging for a salary cap in baseball.  Why there isn't one is beyond me, as it makes team management/roster decisions SO much more interesting/complicated.

[Carolina Cajun]

I'm gonna barf but is it worth it to shop luke for a pick if we stick with the 3-4? He is clearly out of place and frankly, I think we can get a first or second for him right now with the contract remaining.

[kungfoodude]

1 minute ago, Carolina Cajun said:

I'm gonna barf but is it worth it to shop luke for a pick if we stick with the 3-4? He is clearly out of place and frankly, I think we can get a first or second for him right now with the contract remaining.

Depending on the level of "burn it down" we decide to go, I'd say Luke and CMC are probably good candidates for the trading block. 

[Ornias]

Anyone else bothered by the fact that our kicker has more dead cap than our MVP QB?

[1of10Charnatives]

1 hour ago, Carolina Cajun said:

I'm gonna barf but is it worth it to shop luke for a pick if we stick with the 3-4? He is clearly out of place and frankly, I think we can get a first or second for him right now with the contract remaining.

Personally my working assumption is that Luke will be here next year and Rivera will not. Given that Luke is a bonafied generational talent at MLB and very little of our front 7 starting talent is under contract for next year, I would consider it an extremely poor decision if our new HC choose to stick with a 3-4 scheme.