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Interesting thought is to absolutely tank your cap by taking on Desaun Watson's contract

Cleveland gives us Watson and two first rounders for like a 7th round pick. 

Immediately cut watson

We basically fug our cap for two years, but who cares. We aren't going to be good next year and maybe, maybe be turning the corner the year after. If all goes according to plan we enter 2027 with a bunch of cap space and tons of young talent (+ maybe a QB from the 2026) draft 

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6 minutes ago, SOJA said:

I agree with everything but Daniel Jones. I'd honestly rather have Dalton than him 

I feel like I'd rather have Dalton too but if Canales and Morgan wanted Jones I would be pretty excited. If they could "fix" him to the level Baker and Geno got he could possibly be the best of those 3. Young, runs like a deer, arm strength for every throw, has always played behind a really bad O Line

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1 hour ago, SOJA said:

Interesting thought is to absolutely tank your cap by taking on Desaun Watson's contract

Cleveland gives us Watson and two first rounders for like a 7th round pick. 

Immediately cut watson

We basically fug our cap for two years, but who cares. We aren't going to be good next year and maybe, maybe be turning the corner the year after. If all goes according to plan we enter 2027 with a bunch of cap space and tons of young talent (+ maybe a QB from the 2026) draft 

They've already gone the FA QB route which is what they would have to do again eating up most of the space freed by Watson. They'd be better off to keep those 1sts, draft their own QB, and kick Watson to the curb as soon as his contract is up. 

A young QB on a rookie contract is more valuable than a vet QB. Unless you're the Panthers and your shiny new QB is a huge little anchor.

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8 hours ago, SOJA said:

Interesting thought is to absolutely tank your cap by taking on Desaun Watson's contract

Cleveland gives us Watson and two first rounders for like a 7th round pick. 

Immediately cut watson

We basically fug our cap for two years, but who cares. We aren't going to be good next year and maybe, maybe be turning the corner the year after. If all goes according to plan we enter 2027 with a bunch of cap space and tons of young talent (+ maybe a QB from the 2026) draft 

Do that deal but instead of the 7th give them Bryce 

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15 hours ago, SOJA said:

Interesting thought is to absolutely tank your cap by taking on Desaun Watson's contract

Cleveland gives us Watson and two first rounders for like a 7th round pick. 

Immediately cut watson

We basically fug our cap for two years, but who cares. We aren't going to be good next year and maybe, maybe be turning the corner the year after. If all goes according to plan we enter 2027 with a bunch of cap space and tons of young talent (+ maybe a QB from the 2026) draft 

Don’t think Cleveland would give us 2 firsts, but I’d do that in a heartbeat to tank hard in 2025. I’d even tell them to give us 2026/2027 1sts if they hesitate on 2025 since they are bad now. It would be good to not waste a year of a rookie for no reason. We need draft capital and a good drafting GM (not sure Morgan is good).

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21 hours ago, ProcessBlue2 said:

Right now according to Sport Trac, we have about 41 million going into next year. Having Bryce designated as a post-June 1 trade is 6 million in dead cap but frees up 4 million. In the far right columns you can see what post-June 1 cuts would give us. 

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These moves alone free up an additional 50 million in cap space with 20 million in DC. This is not counting restructuring the contracts of Brown, Hunt, and Lewis.

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Why would we restructure? 

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21 minutes ago, ProcessBlue2 said:

Additional cap. It's an option. 

If we want some of the FA names that keep getting thrown around this board you have to pay for it. Especially to come here, our price will be more than everywhere else.

No we need to clear these contracts and go from there.  Read Vincent richardson Twitter thread about it.  He lays it out nicely

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On 10/14/2024 at 12:06 PM, jb2288 said:

Man we are in a really good spot next year. Have another good draft, pay Horn, hopefully Brooks hits, add some pieces on D in FA, and go get a mid tier veteran QB at $10-15M per (Jones camp here if Giants let him go) or extend Dalton if that’s what coaches want. No reason we can’t be playoff competitive in 2026 

Another good draft?  We haven’t had one of those since 2017

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15 hours ago, Camp Fodder said:

Another good draft?  We haven’t had one of those since 2017

Don’t think you can say that about this year yet. If brooks ends up being as advertised then we have 3 starter quality rookies from first 3 picks. XL and Wallace have done nothing but show consistent week over week progress. Even Sanders is looking a bit better each week, just coming along slower. 
 

add on top of that we somehow came away with a 2nd round pick for a team currently tied for worst record in the NFL 
 

Hell, Mike Jackson was essentially our 7th round pick. 

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