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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

Rumor is the salary cap is going from 224.8 to 250 million in 2024.

I think our 28M under figure is with a 242M salary cap.

So, it is going up 8M for everybody.

We can get to 60M under with JJ extension(actually lowers his cap number) and other common sense cuts. It will not be a surprise if we make a couple splashes early on in FA.

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: ratoppenheimer

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: ratoppenheimer

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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

So, curious what ya'll would do. Listened to a Purple Daily podcast that talked about something I've thought of recently. Lets say you evaluate this years QB's and you think Daniels/May (whoever falls to 3) is a franchise QB. Would you be willing to trade JJ, and whatever picks to get to #3?

You still have the 11 and roll the dice on the franchise QB roulette wheel. You could even take a stud WR at 11 to replace him. BTW - this is not bringing KC's back. You would have:


#3 - hopefully franchise guy on rookie salary
#11 - possible stud WR on rookie deal with Addison in place for cheap or a really good/stud D filler at interior/edge/CB
more picks to fill the D holes
more cap room to round out the D


As much as I love JJ, I think i'd do it.

i'd try to trade up and take harrison jr, too...then you'd really have something to build on....

I would have zero issues trading away JJ and grabbing Harrison JR and then grabbing QB at 11.

In the scenario above, the decision could be; 1. Top three qb and the third wr taken (not Harrison), or 2. Harrison jr and penix - McCarthy - nix - rattler….

Option 2? If you are not trading up for a qb you sure as hell aren’t trading up for a wr.

If Kwevin decides to resign Cousins for 3-4 years and shoot holes through our cap that way (instead of JJ) … which I wouldnt put past them … And only if the big three QBs were out of play. OK then … Trade JJ for Marvin Jr and help the roster with the difference in salary.

That fantasy makes no sense to me either actually.

Skin a cat any way you want. Trade JJ for a QB and draft an edge or cb at 11. Just get high end talent.....Harrison Jr. doesn't seem like a bad option but there are other WR available later.

Yes.

We have something better than Harrison ... most likely a lot better. Filthy more expensive, yes, but the chances of Harrison being in the top 3 at his position are just okay. Top 10 - pretty good, eventually.

True JJ's a special talent and therefore an outside the box conversation ...

But just the fact that we're talking about gambling on one cornerstone WR vs a cheaper possible cornerstone WR is ... silly IMO.

QB and how to get one. Period. Then Edge, CB, LT.

Even if we trade up using JJ to a get a QB and package it in a way to keep #11, which can't happen in the real world but if it did, we would have to go Edge or CB at #11. WR would be a 3rd (which we don't have right now) or 4th rd consideration after OL and DL. Who knows what picks we would have after moving up. Then after the draft how to extend Darrisaw.

Our dike has been tsunami'ed by Spielman and Kwevin. JJ or Harrison is barely just one little sandbag to consider.

I actually disagree...the offense side will be good next year; the dike is on the defense but add a few thru draft and FA and Flores will have it at top 12 again....

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

Rumor is the salary cap is going from 224.8 to 250 million in 2024.

I think our 28M under figure is with a 242M salary cap.

So, it is going up 8M for everybody.

We can get to 60M under with JJ extension(actually lowers his cap number) and other common sense cuts. It will not be a surprise if we make a couple splashes early on in FA.

Lowry cut for sure.

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

Rumor is the salary cap is going from 224.8 to 250 million in 2024.

I think our 28M under figure is with a 242M salary cap.

So, it is going up 8M for everybody.

We can get to 60M under with JJ extension(actually lowers his cap number) and other common sense cuts. It will not be a surprise if we make a couple splashes early on in FA.

Lowry cut for sure.

Cutting Smith, Lowry and Bradbury frees up 18M.

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

Rumor is the salary cap is going from 224.8 to 250 million in 2024.

I think our 28M under figure is with a 242M salary cap.

So, it is going up 8M for everybody.

We can get to 60M under with JJ extension(actually lowers his cap number) and other common sense cuts. It will not be a surprise if we make a couple splashes early on in FA.

Lowry cut for sure.

Cutting Smith, Lowry and Bradbury frees up 18M.

Bradbury prob won't be cut as they only save 2 M but Lowry and Smith for 16M seem like it. Cutting Gaskin and Harry gets you that 2 million though... LOL

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

Rumor is the salary cap is going from 224.8 to 250 million in 2024.

I think our 28M under figure is with a 242M salary cap.

So, it is going up 8M for everybody.

We can get to 60M under with JJ extension(actually lowers his cap number) and other common sense cuts. It will not be a surprise if we make a couple splashes early on in FA.

Lowry cut for sure.

Cutting Smith, Lowry and Bradbury frees up 18M.

Bradbury prob won't be cut as they only save 2 M but Lowry and Smith for 16M seem like it. Cutting Gaskin and Harry gets you that 2 million though... LOL

I would see what Dallas center Tyler Biadasz wants for a contract. Dallas has a lot of big names looking for raises.

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

Rumor is the salary cap is going from 224.8 to 250 million in 2024.

I think our 28M under figure is with a 242M salary cap.

So, it is going up 8M for everybody.

We can get to 60M under with JJ extension(actually lowers his cap number) and other common sense cuts. It will not be a surprise if we make a couple splashes early on in FA.

Lowry cut for sure.

Cutting Smith, Lowry and Bradbury frees up 18M.

Bradbury prob won't be cut as they only save 2 M but Lowry and Smith for 16M seem like it. Cutting Gaskin and Harry gets you that 2 million though... LOL

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: ratoppenheimer

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: ratoppenheimer

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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

So, curious what ya'll would do. Listened to a Purple Daily podcast that talked about something I've thought of recently. Lets say you evaluate this years QB's and you think Daniels/May (whoever falls to 3) is a franchise QB. Would you be willing to trade JJ, and whatever picks to get to #3?

You still have the 11 and roll the dice on the franchise QB roulette wheel. You could even take a stud WR at 11 to replace him. BTW - this is not bringing KC's back. You would have:


#3 - hopefully franchise guy on rookie salary
#11 - possible stud WR on rookie deal with Addison in place for cheap or a really good/stud D filler at interior/edge/CB
more picks to fill the D holes
more cap room to round out the D


As much as I love JJ, I think i'd do it.

i'd try to trade up and take harrison jr, too...then you'd really have something to build on....

I would have zero issues trading away JJ and grabbing Harrison JR and then grabbing QB at 11.

In the scenario above, the decision could be; 1. Top three qb and the third wr taken (not Harrison), or 2. Harrison jr and penix - McCarthy - nix - rattler….

Option 2? If you are not trading up for a qb you sure as hell aren’t trading up for a wr.

If Kwevin decides to resign Cousins for 3-4 years and shoot holes through our cap that way (instead of JJ) … which I wouldnt put past them … And only if the big three QBs were out of play. OK then … Trade JJ for Marvin Jr and help the roster with the difference in salary.

That fantasy makes no sense to me either actually.

Skin a cat any way you want. Trade JJ for a QB and draft an edge or cb at 11. Just get high end talent.....Harrison Jr. doesn't seem like a bad option but there are other WR available later.

Yes.

We have something better than Harrison ... most likely a lot better. Filthy more expensive, yes, but the chances of Harrison being in the top 3 at his position are just okay. Top 10 - pretty good, eventually.

True JJ's a special talent and therefore an outside the box conversation ...

But just the fact that we're talking about gambling on one cornerstone WR vs a cheaper possible cornerstone WR is ... silly IMO.

QB and how to get one. Period. Then Edge, CB, LT.

Even if we trade up using JJ to a get a QB and package it in a way to keep #11, which can't happen in the real world but if it did, we would have to go Edge or CB at #11. WR would be a 3rd (which we don't have right now) or 4th rd consideration after OL and DL. Who knows what picks we would have after moving up. Then after the draft how to extend Darrisaw.

Our dike has been tsunami'ed by Spielman and Kwevin. JJ or Harrison is barely just one little sandbag to consider.

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

Rumor is the salary cap is going from 224.8 to 250 million in 2024.

I think our 28M under figure is with a 242M salary cap.

So, it is going up 8M for everybody.

We can get to 60M under with JJ extension(actually lowers his cap number) and other common sense cuts. It will not be a surprise if we make a couple splashes early on in FA.

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

Rumor is the salary cap is going from 224.8 to 250 million in 2024.

I think our 28M under figure is with a 242M salary cap.

So, it is going up 8M for everybody.

We can get to 60M under with JJ extension(actually lowers his cap number) and other common sense cuts. It will not be a surprise if we make a couple splashes early on in FA.

It would shock me.


OverThe Cap has us at $24.7. Subtract say $3.7 in dead cap for Cook & Co. for a beginning total of $21. There is Smith, Lowry, Bradbury totaling ~ $16. That brings the total to 21 + 16, or 38. Where is the other $22 million to get to $60 via a couple of common sense cuts?

You can include the projected $8 million cap bump for all teams but IMO that's a wash as everyone has it and it just means, like always, higher salaries.

And you have created empty starting spots at DE and C.

Spotrac starts with an adjusted total cap of $251.5 which is the going in allowable cap plus the 2023 rollover.


Anything is possible with enough cuts and void years. To be legit, take a look at the existing roster holes and new holes from your cuts, fill them with salaries for (just) average starters and a couple of your early splash signings (high $ during the initial frenzy), and pay 90% of all their salaries (which mirrors carrying $25M in dead cap if the total cap is $250M) in 2024. My guess is it is clearly not possible to do.

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

Rumor is the salary cap is going from 224.8 to 250 million in 2024.

I think our 28M under figure is with a 242M salary cap.

So, it is going up 8M for everybody.

We can get to 60M under with JJ extension(actually lowers his cap number) and other common sense cuts. It will not be a surprise if we make a couple splashes early on in FA.

It would shock me.


OverThe Cap has us at $24.7. Subtract say $3.7 in dead cap for Cook & Co. for a beginning total of $21. There is Smith, Lowry, Bradbury totaling ~ $16. That brings the total to 21 + 16, or 38. Where is the other $22 million to get to $60 via a couple of common sense cuts?

You can include the projected $8 million cap bump for all teams but IMO that's a wash as everyone has it and it just means, like always, higher salaries.

And you have created empty starting spots at DE and C.

Spotrac starts with an adjusted total cap of $251.5 which is the going in allowable cap plus the 2023 rollover.


Anything is possible with enough cuts and void years. To be legit, take a look at the existing roster holes and new holes from your cuts, fill them with salaries for (just) average starters and a couple of your early splash signings (high $ during the initial frenzy), and pay 90% of all their salaries (which mirrors carrying $25M in dead cap if the total cap is $250M) in 2024. My guess is it is clearly not possible to do.

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

Rumor is the salary cap is going from 224.8 to 250 million in 2024.

I think our 28M under figure is with a 242M salary cap.

So, it is going up 8M for everybody.

We can get to 60M under with JJ extension(actually lowers his cap number) and other common sense cuts. It will not be a surprise if we make a couple splashes early on in FA.

It would shock me.


OverThe Cap has us at $24.7. Subtract say $3.7 in dead cap for Cook & Co. for a beginning total of $21. There is Smith, Lowry, Bradbury totaling ~ $16. That brings the total to 21 + 16, or 38. Where is the other $22 million to get to $60 via a couple of common sense cuts?

You can include the projected $8 million cap bump for all teams but IMO that's a wash as everyone has it and it just means, like always, higher salaries.

And you have created empty starting spots at DE and C.

Spotrac starts with an adjusted total cap of $251.5 which is the going in allowable cap plus the 2023 rollover.


Anything is possible with enough cuts and void years. To be legit, take a look at the existing roster holes and new holes from your cuts, fill them with salaries for (just) average starters and a couple of your early splash signings (high $ during the initial frenzy), and pay 90% of all their salaries (which mirrors carrying $25M in dead cap if the total cap is $250M) in 2024. My guess is it is clearly not possible to do.

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer



There was a “seed planted” at the Senior Bowl with the #Patriots by the #Vikings,
@DWolfsonKSTP
mentioned on
@SKORNorth
.

Wolfson is not suggesting that talks have advanced, but preliminary inquiries questioning “is there any sort of interest on your front to move off the number 3 pick” were introduced.

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer



There was a “seed planted” at the Senior Bowl with the #Patriots by the #Vikings,
@DWolfsonKSTP
mentioned on
@SKORNorth
.

Wolfson is not suggesting that talks have advanced, but preliminary inquiries questioning “is there any sort of interest on your front to move off the number 3 pick” were introduced.

I would hope Kwesi would ask all the teams near the top of the draft that same question. It would be incredibly irresponsible not to.

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

Rumor is the salary cap is going from 224.8 to 250 million in 2024.

I think our 28M under figure is with a 242M salary cap.

So, it is going up 8M for everybody.

We can get to 60M under with JJ extension(actually lowers his cap number) and other common sense cuts. It will not be a surprise if we make a couple splashes early on in FA.

It would shock me.


OverThe Cap has us at $24.7. Subtract say $3.7 in dead cap for Cook & Co. for a beginning total of $21. There is Smith, Lowry, Bradbury totaling ~ $16. That brings the total to 21 + 16, or 38. Where is the other $22 million to get to $60 via a couple of common sense cuts?

You can include the projected $8 million cap bump for all teams but IMO that's a wash as everyone has it and it just means, like always, higher salaries.

And you have created empty starting spots at DE and C.

Spotrac starts with an adjusted total cap of $251.5 which is the going in allowable cap plus the 2023 rollover.


Anything is possible with enough cuts and void years. To be legit, take a look at the existing roster holes and new holes from your cuts, fill them with salaries for (just) average starters and a couple of your early splash signings (high $ during the initial frenzy), and pay 90% of all their salaries (which mirrors carrying $25M in dead cap if the total cap is $250M) in 2024. My guess is it is clearly not possible to do.

We are at 28 on Sportrac with all Dead Cap, etc factored in, add JJ resigning saves 10M in 2024 cap, Lowry cut saves 4, Smith Cut saves 12, Bradbury or the 2 WR they cut is 2 million more.

Over the cap has us at 24. 56-60 in cap space isn't out of the realm before whatever they do with Kirk, Davenport, and Hunter.

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

Rumor is the salary cap is going from 224.8 to 250 million in 2024.

I think our 28M under figure is with a 242M salary cap.

So, it is going up 8M for everybody.

We can get to 60M under with JJ extension(actually lowers his cap number) and other common sense cuts. It will not be a surprise if we make a couple splashes early on in FA.

It would shock me.


OverThe Cap has us at $24.7. Subtract say $3.7 in dead cap for Cook & Co. for a beginning total of $21. There is Smith, Lowry, Bradbury totaling ~ $16. That brings the total to 21 + 16, or 38. Where is the other $22 million to get to $60 via a couple of common sense cuts?

You can include the projected $8 million cap bump for all teams but IMO that's a wash as everyone has it and it just means, like always, higher salaries.

And you have created empty starting spots at DE and C.

Spotrac starts with an adjusted total cap of $251.5 which is the going in allowable cap plus the 2023 rollover.


Anything is possible with enough cuts and void years. To be legit, take a look at the existing roster holes and new holes from your cuts, fill them with salaries for (just) average starters and a couple of your early splash signings (high $ during the initial frenzy), and pay 90% of all their salaries (which mirrors carrying $25M in dead cap if the total cap is $250M) in 2024. My guess is it is clearly not possible to do.

There are the obvious starter holes not currently on the books for 2024 ... [7 holes]

QB Cousins, LG Risner, LOLB Hunter, ROLB Wonnum, DE Bullard, ILB Hicks, K Joseph

There are back-up holes not currently on the books for 2024 ... [7 holes]

ROLB (Davenport), LT (Udoh), LG (Reed), C (Schlottmann), RT (Quessenberry), #3 WR (Osborn), #4 WR (Powell)

Plus RFA holes not on the books for 2024 ... [3 holes]

NT Tonga, RB Akers and maybe OL Brandel

There are holes that should be created by responsible GM planning ... [3 holes]

S Smith, DT/DE Lowry, C Bradbury ...

And there are non-financial holes occupied by starters that need to be upgraded (not yet mentioned) ...

QB Mullens, CB(s)

And then there is dead money that is shaped like a hole but weighs the cap down like a lead balloon.

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

Rumor is the salary cap is going from 224.8 to 250 million in 2024.

I think our 28M under figure is with a 242M salary cap.

So, it is going up 8M for everybody.

We can get to 60M under with JJ extension(actually lowers his cap number) and other common sense cuts. It will not be a surprise if we make a couple splashes early on in FA.

It would shock me.


OverThe Cap has us at $24.7. Subtract say $3.7 in dead cap for Cook & Co. for a beginning total of $21. There is Smith, Lowry, Bradbury totaling ~ $16. That brings the total to 21 + 16, or 38. Where is the other $22 million to get to $60 via a couple of common sense cuts?

You can include the projected $8 million cap bump for all teams but IMO that's a wash as everyone has it and it just means, like always, higher salaries.

And you have created empty starting spots at DE and C.

Spotrac starts with an adjusted total cap of $251.5 which is the going in allowable cap plus the 2023 rollover.


Anything is possible with enough cuts and void years. To be legit, take a look at the existing roster holes and new holes from your cuts, fill them with salaries for (just) average starters and a couple of your early splash signings (high $ during the initial frenzy), and pay 90% of all their salaries (which mirrors carrying $25M in dead cap if the total cap is $250M) in 2024. My guess is it is clearly not possible to do.

There are the obvious starter holes not currently on the books for 2024 ... [7 holes]

QB Cousins, LG Risner, LOLB Hunter, ROLB Wonnum, DE Bullard, ILB Hicks, K Joseph

There are back-up holes not currently on the books for 2024 ... [7 holes]

ROLB (Davenport), LT (Udoh), LG (Reed), C (Schlottmann), RT (Quessenberry), #3 WR (Osborn), #4 WR (Powell)

Plus RFA holes not on the books for 2024 ... [3 holes]

NT Tonga, RB Akers and maybe OL Brandel

There are holes that should be created by responsible GM planning ... [3 holes]

S Smith, DT/DE Lowry, C Bradbury ...

And there are non-financial holes occupied by starters that need to be upgraded (not yet mentioned) ...

QB Mullens, CB(s)

And then there is dead money that is shaped like a hole but weighs the cap down like a lead balloon.

So with the three cuts some are recommending, there are 10 (ten) vacant starting positions: QB Cousins, LG Risner, LOLB Hunter, ROLB Wonnum, DE Bullard, ILB Hicks, K Joseph, S Smith, DT/DE Lowry, C Bradbury.

There are also ten (10) vacant backup positions: ROLB (Davenport), LT (Udoh), LG (Reed), C (Schlottmann), RT (Quessenberry), #3 WR (Osborn), #4 WR (Powell), NT Tonga, RB Akers and maybe OL Brandel.

That looks like 10 starters and 10 backups need to be signed. $50 million isn't going to do it unless it's bargain basement/street urchins. AND JJ's contract is backloaded into the years where we might be competitive and need cap.

This is akin to Monopoly where someone who is low on money cashes in their hotels, houses, and property. They now have more money but have nothing to show for it.

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: Tom Sykes

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ORIGINAL: Bill Johanesen

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

Rumor is the salary cap is going from 224.8 to 250 million in 2024.

I think our 28M under figure is with a 242M salary cap.

So, it is going up 8M for everybody.

We can get to 60M under with JJ extension(actually lowers his cap number) and other common sense cuts. It will not be a surprise if we make a couple splashes early on in FA.

It would shock me.


OverThe Cap has us at $24.7. Subtract say $3.7 in dead cap for Cook & Co. for a beginning total of $21. There is Smith, Lowry, Bradbury totaling ~ $16. That brings the total to 21 + 16, or 38. Where is the other $22 million to get to $60 via a couple of common sense cuts?

You can include the projected $8 million cap bump for all teams but IMO that's a wash as everyone has it and it just means, like always, higher salaries.

And you have created empty starting spots at DE and C.

Spotrac starts with an adjusted total cap of $251.5 which is the going in allowable cap plus the 2023 rollover.


Anything is possible with enough cuts and void years. To be legit, take a look at the existing roster holes and new holes from your cuts, fill them with salaries for (just) average starters and a couple of your early splash signings (high $ during the initial frenzy), and pay 90% of all their salaries (which mirrors carrying $25M in dead cap if the total cap is $250M) in 2024. My guess is it is clearly not possible to do.

There are the obvious starter holes not currently on the books for 2024 ... [7 holes]

QB Cousins, LG Risner, LOLB Hunter, ROLB Wonnum, DE Bullard, ILB Hicks, K Joseph

There are back-up holes not currently on the books for 2024 ... [7 holes]

ROLB (Davenport), LT (Udoh), LG (Reed), C (Schlottmann), RT (Quessenberry), #3 WR (Osborn), #4 WR (Powell)

Plus RFA holes not on the books for 2024 ... [3 holes]

NT Tonga, RB Akers and maybe OL Brandel

There are holes that should be created by responsible GM planning ... [3 holes]

S Smith, DT/DE Lowry, C Bradbury ...

And there are non-financial holes occupied by starters that need to be upgraded (not yet mentioned) ...

QB Mullens, CB(s)

And then there is dead money that is shaped like a hole but weighs the cap down like a lead balloon.

So with the three cuts some are recommending, there are 10 (ten) vacant starting positions: QB Cousins, LG Risner, LOLB Hunter, ROLB Wonnum, DE Bullard, ILB Hicks, K Joseph, S Smith, DT/DE Lowry, C Bradbury.

There are also ten (10) vacant backup positions: ROLB (Davenport), LT (Udoh), LG (Reed), C (Schlottmann), RT (Quessenberry), #3 WR (Osborn), #4 WR (Powell), NT Tonga, RB Akers and maybe OL Brandel.

That looks like 10 starters and 10 backups need to be signed. $50 million isn't going to do it unless it's bargain basement/street urchins. AND JJ's contract is backloaded into the years where we might be competitive and need cap.

This is akin to Monopoly where someone who is low on money cashes in their hotels, houses, and property. They now have more money but have nothing to show for it.

Top 51 minus minimum contract that is factored in....
Reed, Schlottman, Powell, Quessberry, etc. signings may not change the cap but a couple to a few million....

Example: A 3 million contract wouldn't actually be 3 million against the cap---minimum is 800k. So it would be 2.2 million cap increase.