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I would LOVE to have him, and I think he would actually fit in pretty well. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on how you look at it), the Hawks are gonna give him $10M a year, so we won't get a shot at him.
The fortunate part of this is the "cap hell" as previously mentioned - Lynch & Wilson combined were accounting for around $8.8M against the cap this year (and previous years) I believe, or 6% of a $140M salary cap; if they give Lynch this contract plus Wilson a top end market value QB extension, assuming cap hits around their per-year avg, you're looking at the pair consuming about $31M against the cap, maybe more. This would equate to 22% of a $140M salary cap. That's a massive jump just to retain two dudes. Say goodbye to their loaded roster.
The hits could be less of course depending on signing bonuses, etc, but still. It's gonna be a lot more money than they were paying just for these two players previously.
The fortunate part of this is the "cap hell" as previously mentioned - Lynch & Wilson combined were accounting for around $8.8M against the cap this year (and previous years) I believe, or 6% of a $140M salary cap; if they give Lynch this contract plus Wilson a top end market value QB extension, assuming cap hits around their per-year avg, you're looking at the pair consuming about $31M against the cap, maybe more. This would equate to 22% of a $140M salary cap. That's a massive jump just to retain two dudes. Say goodbye to their loaded roster.
The hits could be less of course depending on signing bonuses, etc, but still. It's gonna be a lot more money than they were paying just for these two players previously.