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Based upon Miguel's salary cap analyses, I tend to keep my analysis as realistic as possible.
http://www.patsfans.com/salary-cap/
http://www.patsfans.com/salary-cap/?p=902
http://www.patsfans.com/salary-cap/?p=894
I would rather keep Revis and McCourty than Browner and McCourty.
As for Jonathan Casillas, if he is not willing to sign for the veteran minimum, see ya. Ditto Alan Branch.
I anticipate that Akeem Ayers will test the UFA market.
I don't think we can say what is realistic and what isn't at this point. We don't know what the 2015 cap will be, or exactly what the adjusted cap. We don't know what moves the Pats will make between now and the start of the new league season next March. We don't know whether the Pats will get any credits, or how they will prioritize some choices to make. Last year many people didn't feel that they could keep Talib and Edelman (much less upgrade to Revis).
There will be some hard (and some not-so-hard) decisions to be made: what to do with Wilfork's contract, Browner, Arrington, Amendola, Gostkowski, Connolly, Slater, Mayo (potential restructure), Solder, 5th year options on Jones and Hightower, and others. I'm not willing to make a call on all of those yet. I'm hopeful that the Pats can keep Revis, Browner and McCourty together as the nucleus of the best secondary in the NFL, and I'm hopeful that they can keep Ayers, Branch and Casillas as valuable low-cost depth. That may end up being unrealistic, but it's just too early to tell.