It MORE than enough.
They have:
$9,899,221 NOW ( Does not yet account for the Dorsett, Harris, Brooks, Pennel, and Simon signings) and $96,035,764 next year
Let say:
Brees signed for 25M per. Lets give Brady 28M per and add another 2 years to his current deal.
We can extend him giving him the following deal: 26.5M SB = $21,746,667 / $29,816,667 / $31,816,667 = 28M per (that is a top 3 contract for a 42 year old QB that takes bellow market deals)
Lets move on Extend DMac>
They can extend him giving him the following deal: 4M SB = $11,435,000/ $10,000,000 = 10.7M per avg (that is pretty much the same contract Joyner got on FA and he is 4 years younger, a lit bit more to be honest)
Lets give Gostkowski a better deal than Gano (I don't count Gould as the better deal because it is a one year deal)
We can extend him giving him the following deal 4 years: 9M SB (Gano got 6M) = $3,750,000 / $4,050,000 / $4,350,000 / $5,050,000 = 4.3M per (top 1 contract for a Kicker, better than the Pro bowler that Hawks signed)
Lets give Allen a top 5 P deal:
We can extend him giving him the following deal 4 years: 6M SB = $2,305,000 / $2,600,000 / $3,000,000 / $3,300,000
We have $9,187,298 after all this moves ...
Draft picks will cost less than $2,500,000 if we keep ALL. That will not happen, but we are pretending ....
I think the APY will be lower but lets assume the following deals
$6,687,298
Dorsett APY = 3.3M
Simon APY = 3.1M + 3.7M + Incentives
Harris = 1.8M
Brooks = 1.6M + 2.8M
Pennel = 3M + 4.5M
They have now 86 players signed for 2019 and $1,439,229 left. That cap will increase when they cut players.
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In 2020 they have $39,119,097 (- $2,500,000 to sign all picks more or less (that they won't keep) so $36,619,097.
56 players under contract.
And the following FAs:
Rob Gronkowski - Retired
Julian Edelman - Beasley got 3 years 7.1M per = Give him 7.5M per.
Kyle Van Noy - Give him 10M per (Top 5 contract for a OLB) 4 years = 7.5M/9M/11.25M/12.25M
Jonathan Jones - 4M per 3 years 3.2M /3.8M/5M
Joe Thuney - Give him 10M per (Top 5 contract) 5 years = 5.5M/8.25M/11.25M/12.25M /12.75M
Elandon Roberts - 4M per 3 years 3.2M /3.8M/5M
$13,219,097 Cap space left and 61 players signed ...
Why we need more space? Why it is ''not even close'' ? Do you have any info to support your claim?