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We all expect Branch and McClellan to be gone in ten days, bringing our available cap money to $21M. It seems that we do the following before free agency starts. My hope (pipe dream) is that we spend $12M as detailed below, leaving us to enter free agency with $9M before. Restructures and cuts need to be used to produce the $10M-$12 needed to start the playing season in August. So, the budget is $9M, not a lot at all.
There is no need to do anything about restructures/extensions before the season starts; just pay Bennett the $2M. Restructures/extensions could be done to the contracts of Brady, Gronk, Gostkowski, Hogan, Cooks, Bennett and/or Allan.
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PRIORITY ONE - OT (cap cost $10M)
sign Solder and either Fleming or Waddle
SIGN BADEMOSI ($1.5M)
SiGN EBNER ($1.5M)
SIGN KING ($1M)
SIGN HARRISON ($1.5M)
SIGN FLOWERS ($1.5M)
Equal salary hits DOES NOT mean that the players will have equal AAV's or contract length.
I'll give sample contract for a player if anyone wishes. One example structure for a 3 year contract is
2018 salary $1M
2019 salary ???
2020 salary ???
bonus $1.5M, $3M, or $4,5M
Incentives can be added
A 2019 bonus before the season starts can be added.
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So, for me, my top free agent targets from the list of top free agents available is Solder, plus Fleming or Flowers.
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There is no need to do anything about restructures/extensions before the season starts; just pay Bennett the $2M. Restructures/extensions could be done to the contracts of Brady, Gronk, Gostkowski, Hogan, Cooks, Bennett and/or Allan.
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PRIORITY ONE - OT (cap cost $10M)
sign Solder and either Fleming or Waddle
SIGN BADEMOSI ($1.5M)
SiGN EBNER ($1.5M)
SIGN KING ($1M)
SIGN HARRISON ($1.5M)
SIGN FLOWERS ($1.5M)
Equal salary hits DOES NOT mean that the players will have equal AAV's or contract length.
I'll give sample contract for a player if anyone wishes. One example structure for a 3 year contract is
2018 salary $1M
2019 salary ???
2020 salary ???
bonus $1.5M, $3M, or $4,5M
Incentives can be added
A 2019 bonus before the season starts can be added.
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So, for me, my top free agent targets from the list of top free agents available is Solder, plus Fleming or Flowers.
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