Projected cap space if cap stays at $195 mill for 2021.

[JawnyBlaze]

8 minutes ago, stbugs said:

Short last year was a no brainer, this year keeping him would be criminal and be proof that Marty’s getting a cut of his salary. There could be no other explanation for the most expensive guy on the team who clearly has no part being in a rebuilding process. For $13M let the coaches teach Brown or let Kerr so he sees what effort is not how to sit on IR for 2 years and collect almost $30M.

Moton is an absolute must. Okung is broken down at this point. We can’t go into 2021 with only Paradis and 2022 with no one.

Yea, after QB and MLB just about all our draft resources gotta go into OL. LT and C first. I do think we should be able to find a passable G in FA

[AU-panther]

On 12/8/2020 at 2:54 PM, bababoey said:

Here is what you don't get about the cap.  The team has to be under the cap on the first day of the new year of the 2021 season.  Sometime in March. 

When you designate a player as a June 1st cut their money does not come off the cap number until June 1st.  You can cut this guy and that guy and designate them as June 1st cuts but you carry the money they would normally count against the cap until June 1st. 

So how you going to get under the cap in March?

True, but there are other guys they can restructure also.

Cut Brees, Kwon, Easton, Brown.  

Extend Ramxzyk and Lattimore, which most people would say is a good thing.

Restructure Thomas, Jordan, Armstead, Onyemeta.  On these resturucterings you aren't given them more money, you are just converting 2021 salary into a bonus so it really doesn't cost you anything if you were planning on keeping them.  

So basically they lose a QB that everyone probably expects to retire.  The other 3 you might even be able to restructure and not have to cut.

Here again, their situation isn't great, but its feasible.  

[AU-panther]

On 12/10/2020 at 6:53 AM, stbugs said:

Short last year was a no brainer, this year keeping him would be criminal and be proof that Marty’s getting a cut of his salary. There could be no other explanation for the most expensive guy on the team who clearly has no part being in a rebuilding process. For $13M let the coaches teach Brown or let Kerr so he sees what effort is not how to sit on IR for 2 years and collect almost $30M.

Moton is an absolute must. Okung is broken down at this point. We can’t go into 2021 with only Paradis and 2022 with no one.

To you and I Short was a no brainer, but here is my theory on why they kept him.

In their mind (GM or coaches) he is part of the rebuilding process.  Its just that their timeline was 2 years not the longer timeline they were telling everyone else.

Teddy wasn't singed to be just a "bridge QB", they thought they could win with him, especially in year 2.  Think about it, they added vet pieces to the offense, signed Robby, Teddy, Okung.  Already had Moore, Moten, and CMC.  On paper the offense was really to be successful now, especially with a QB that already new the system.

Now everyone knows its really hard to totally rebuild a team in one year, so they fixed the offense in year one and went all defense in the draft.  They kept KK hoping he could return to form, not so much for this year but mostly for what he could offer the defense in year 2.  They did let Bradberry go, but I think someone in our organization feels like the front 7 makes the secondary look good, just doesn't feel like we value DBs much. 

You draft a bunch of young guys, you have a top 10 pick DT to go with Short, you have KK and Shaq, Burns is improving.  The defense should get better.  If anything you can add a guy next offseason with the money you saved from not signing Bradberry.

Once you realize that the goal was to be good in year 2, all the moves make sense.

If the goal is to be good in 3-5 years, then keeping Short doesn't make sense, signing Teddy doesn't make sense, 

I'm still not 100% convinced we draft a QB next year in the first round.  I think we will but I could see a scenario where ego gets involved and they try to make it work with what they have.

They might convince themselves that a player like Parsons would make the defense a top-10 unit and that the offense will continue to improve. Lets be honest, Hurney likes a LB.

Burns, YGM, and Brown all a year older.  Kerr and Efa both played well also. Would be easy to get excited about the D-line.  Add a stud LB to go with Shaq, and they might convince themselves that the defense will take a huge step next year, especially if they devalue the secondary and think it is a product of the front 7.