next year is going to involve making a lot of moves
McCourty has a 13.4 mil hit(7%)
Allen has a 7.4 mil hit
clayborn has a 6 mil hit
Burkhead has a 3.4 mil hit
We'll probably cut allen outright, cut burkhead, restructure mccourty, not sure on clayborne.
That ought to give us enough wiggle room to sign someone, instead of the revolving door of jags we had this year.
Why cut Burkhead? You won't save ANY money in 2019 (dead money > ),in fact they will loss ($656,250).
Adding to your list: Ebner and Slater. Both making almost 3m to be Ster only guys is way too much.
Adding them the cap would be $44,254,007
And the 53 would look like:
Cap Space = $44,254,007
Cushion ($ 5.254,007 )
Sign Picks and PS ($ 6.000.000)
New Cap Space = $5.254,007
Total : $33,000,000 to spend
Offense:
QB: Brady, Hoyer (2)
RB: Michel, White, Burkhead, Ameer Abdullah, Hill (5)
FB: Develin (1)
OL: Cannon RT, Wynn LT/LG, Brown LT, Thuney LG, Andrews C , Mason RG, Brian Schwenke G/C, Waddle ST (8)
WR: Edelman, J. Gordon, Pick #2, Pick #3, Dorsett (5)
TE: Gronkowski, Hollister, Pick #3 (3)
Total: 24
Extend Brady 2 years 29m per 21|31|35 (sav. 6m)
Extend Gronk 2 years 11.5m (number 1 by far) per 9|12|13.5 (sav 3m)
Brown 11m per 6|9|13|14|13
Waddle 2m per 1.5|2.5
Hill 1m per
Abdullah 2m per 1.5|2|2.5
Dorsett 3.5m per 2|3|4.5
Gordon Tender 3m per (2nd round)
Total: 6m
Defense:
DL: Flowers, Wise, Simon, Guy, Butler, Brown, Pick #1, Shelton, Rivers (9)
LB: Roberts, Bentley, HT, Pick #2, Grisgby, Van Noy (6)
CB: Gilmore, JC Jackson, Dawson, J.Jones, J. McCourty (5)
S: Chung, Harmon, King, Pick #3, Pick #4, C. Jones (6)
Total: 26
Flowers 11m per 7|11|12|13|12
Grigsby 1.5m per
Brown 5m per 3|4.5|5.5|7
Shelton 3.5m per 2.5|3.5| 4.5
Simon 2m per 1.5|2.5
Tender Jones 2m
Jason McCourty 5m per 4|6
Total: 24m
Special Teams: Gostkowski, Punter, Cardona (4)
Gostkowski 4m per 3|4|4|5
Total: 3m