Official 2021 Cutdown Day Thread

[DaBruinz]

I'm going to be honest. Cooks reminds me of Brandon Lloyd. I think that's why BB shipped him out after 1 year.

 

[Uptown]

 

[mgteich]

There are plenty of ways they can free up that cap space in a trade. This is if he is available.

Please list some.

Please note that the present $4M has to cover injury replacements and some incentives (game incentives I believe).

 

[Kontradiction]

Please list some.

You can start by reworking or extending Gilmore’s deal if the team doesn’t plan on trading him. Or they can outright trade him if they’re happy with the way the CB room looks. If they were to trade him, we’d have a $7,735,286 cap saving in 2021 with a $0 dead cap hit in 2022.

Trading Harry would be another obvious one. $1,413,032 cap savings in 2021.

Those are two without even going over Anderson’s contract or one of the core ST guys. But, like I said, I doubt it will happen at this point.

 

[203Pat]

You can start by reworking or extending Gilmore’s deal if the team doesn’t plan on trading him. Or they can outright trade him if they’re happy with the way the CB room looks. If they were to trade him, we’d have a $7,735,286 cap saving in 2021 with a $0 dead cap hit in 2022.

Trading Harry would be another obvious one. $1,413,032 cap savings in 2021.

Those are two without even going over Anderson’s contract or one of the core ST guys. But, like I said, I doubt it will happen at this point.

Reworking Hightower's deal could free up quite a bit.

 

[Kontradiction]

Reworking Hightower's deal could free up quite a bit.

Yup. I’m not even sure why I needed to answer that question anyway. The details are all out there.

 

[Zuma]

 

[Kontradiction]

Some hard-hitting reporting right there.

 

[Bill Lee]

My ex-wife is so fat....(how fat is she, Joe?)....that last week she sat down and didn't have a lap....*rimshot*

My ex-mother-in-law was so fat... that when she hauled ass she needed to make two trips!

I wonder what her 40 time is?

Which trip?

 

[Zuma]

'Bench Mason:' Michigan's mohawked, eats-with-his-hands fullback

Michigan's Ben Mason looks like a classic "football guy." And he is, for sure. But he's also much more than that.

247sports.com

Ben and his younger brother Dan, now a running back at Ithaca College, started playing football in second grade. The family grew up in Wrentham, Massachusetts. They made the short drive to Foxborough most Sundays to watch the Patriots play. Other weekends were spent on the couch watching football or in the backyard playing it.

There were July afternoons when Bob would tell Ben and Dan to suit up. That meant a helmet, shoulder pads and leg pads. The works. Then Ben and Dan would run the Oklahoma drill – basically, two players line up a few yards apart and crash into each other until one player is on the ground – over and over. A fifth-grade Dan did not enjoy this. A seventh-grade Ben, already approaching six-foot, didn’t want to stop: “He’d just keep getting up and beating my head in,” Dan said. When they turned nine, their uncle, Paul, would throw passes at them full speed to teach the brothers to catch with their fingertips.

About that nickname. Ben earned it as a ninth grader after he entered the Newtown High School (Ct.) football program bench pressing more than anyone else in the program. He maxed 315 pounds that year. To suggest Ben loves the weight room would be an understatement. He practically lives there. Ask Ben what he did this summer during his time away from Ann Arbor due to COVID-19, and he describes moving weight sets into his trainer’s garage so he, Dan and Hunter could lift. Then he’d run routes with his high school quarterback. They’d go home to eat and often run the cycle again. “That’s all we did,” Ben said. Evans and Ben often stay in Michigan’s facility so late the training staff has to ask them to leave.

Lifting that often requires fuel. Obviously, Bench Mason loves food. He just doesn’t act like it. Evans said he’s seen Ben put down two double-patty bacon-cheese burgers in less than a minute with ketchup – a condiment he throws on everything – and grease trailing down his shirt. Once, Dan watched his brother eat a 52-ounce steak. Another time, Ben’s mom told him to eat his food more slowly. So, Ben cut his steak into giant pieces and chomped away. He ended up choking on a bite and after a few pats on the back from dad, Ben spit up the piece … directly onto the plate at a neighboring table. At least he used a fork. Ben doesn’t need utensils most of the time. Stueber said Ben will often sit in the commons with a plate of spinach and onions on one side and a plate for protein on the other. He proceeds to eat everything with his hands. “Do you want a fork, Ben?” Someone will say. “Why would I need a fork?” He’ll respond.

 

[203Pat]

'Bench Mason:' Michigan's mohawked, eats-with-his-hands fullback

Michigan's Ben Mason looks like a classic "football guy." And he is, for sure. But he's also much more than that.

247sports.com

Ben and his younger brother Dan, now a running back at Ithaca College, started playing football in second grade. The family grew up in Wrentham, Massachusetts. They made the short drive to Foxborough most Sundays to watch the Patriots play. Other weekends were spent on the couch watching football or in the backyard playing it.

There were July afternoons when Bob would tell Ben and Dan to suit up. That meant a helmet, shoulder pads and leg pads. The works. Then Ben and Dan would run the Oklahoma drill – basically, two players line up a few yards apart and crash into each other until one player is on the ground – over and over. A fifth-grade Dan did not enjoy this. A seventh-grade Ben, already approaching six-foot, didn’t want to stop: “He’d just keep getting up and beating my head in,” Dan said. When they turned nine, their uncle, Paul, would throw passes at them full speed to teach the brothers to catch with their fingertips.

About that nickname. Ben earned it as a ninth grader after he entered the Newtown High School (Ct.) football program bench pressing more than anyone else in the program. He maxed 315 pounds that year. To suggest Ben loves the weight room would be an understatement. He practically lives there. Ask Ben what he did this summer during his time away from Ann Arbor due to COVID-19, and he describes moving weight sets into his trainer’s garage so he, Dan and Hunter could lift. Then he’d run routes with his high school quarterback. They’d go home to eat and often run the cycle again. “That’s all we did,” Ben said. Evans and Ben often stay in Michigan’s facility so late the training staff has to ask them to leave.

Lifting that often requires fuel. Obviously, Bench Mason loves food. He just doesn’t act like it. Evans said he’s seen Ben put down two double-patty bacon-cheese burgers in less than a minute with ketchup – a condiment he throws on everything – and grease trailing down his shirt. Once, Dan watched his brother eat a 52-ounce steak. Another time, Ben’s mom told him to eat his food more slowly. So, Ben cut his steak into giant pieces and chomped away. He ended up choking on a bite and after a few pats on the back from dad, Ben spit up the piece … directly onto the plate at a neighboring table. At least he used a fork. Ben doesn’t need utensils most of the time. Stueber said Ben will often sit in the commons with a plate of spinach and onions on one side and a plate for protein on the other. He proceeds to eat everything with his hands. “Do you want a fork, Ben?” Someone will say. “Why would I need a fork?” He’ll respond.

This is how I like my fullbacks. Meatheads who eat with their hands and like to hit people.

 

[50-yard-line]

Please list some.

Please note that the present $4M has to cover injury replacements and some incentives (game incentives I believe).

Miguel has completely lost me - I must be missing something. He says he's accounting for all 81(???) now, which is why his CAP number has dropped precipitously, but aren't the top 53 the only ones who count against the CAP as of opening day?

 

[Kontradiction]

This is how I like my fullbacks. Meatheads who eat with their hands and like to hit people.

I don’t mind a German black man as FB, but I like what I’m hearing here.

 

[jah]

Miguel has completely lost me - I must be missing something. He says he's accounting for all 81(???) now, which is why his CAP number has dropped precipitously, but aren't the top 53 the only ones who count against the CAP as of opening day?

Other way around. It's the top 51 in the offseason and everyone in the regular season.

 

[50-yard-line]

Other way around. It's the top 51 in the offseason and everyone in the regular season.

I read it and it still says 53 on the roster for CAP purposes.

 

[jah]

I read it and it still says 53 on the roster for CAP purposes.

What did you read? This is a good explanation of how the top 51 rule works, and having just checked Miguel's Twitter, he's referring to the same rule and talking about it in ways consistent with what I described.

 

[ralmat55]

53 active players plus 15 practice squadders and 13 players on the IR, PUP or NFI reserve lists.

 

[50-yard-line]

What did you read? This is a good explanation of how the top 51 rule works, and having just checked Miguel's Twitter, he's referring to the same rule and talking about it in ways consistent with what I described.

From that link:

Now it’s important to remember that, come the first week of the regular season in September, the team must be able to fit the total cost of the 53-man roster onto the salary cap.

 

[DaBruinz]

Miguel has completely lost me - I must be missing something. He says he's accounting for all 81(???) now, which is why his CAP number has dropped precipitously, but aren't the top 53 the only ones who count against the CAP as of opening day?

No. After the cutdown to 53, ALL players count. That means those on the PS, on the NFI list, on Injured Reserve, etc.

 

[long distance]

No. After the cutdown to 53, ALL players count. That means those on the PS, on the NFI list, on Injured Reserve, etc.

I fail to see the fat woman joke here BUT maybe thats just me..