(07-24-2019, 11:23 AM)irontrooper83 Wrote:

(07-24-2019, 11:13 AM)JagFanFirst Wrote: So how much relief will they get next year with Bortles contract? Does that go away?  I'm guessing for next year, Campbell is gone. I hope Dareus is able to restructure. Not sure about Bouye or Jack.

Bortles contract won't be on the booksat all  next year as it counts entirely this year. (Can't remember if the cap hit is 16.5 or 21.5 this year, anyway they didn't cut him with post june designation so the money is all on this year's cap)

Dareus has a 22,5M caphit and being released he will save 20M
Campbell saves 15M
Linder has no dead money on the contract so he either saves 8 or we can restructure him
DJ Hayden saves 6M
Marquise Lee saves 5.5 (with 3.5 in dead money)
ABry Jones has no dead money left so he would save us 4M

Of course we don't have to cut them all, just shows we can create a lot of space if we want.

Those are without counting the Smith situation or guys like Ryan who are on a prove it deal basis (he would count 6.2M against the cap next year but if cut saves us 6M) or guys like Bouye who can either be cut or restructured.
Bouye would save us 11.5M with 4M in dead money.
Even Fournette if the league rules that we had the right to void his guarantees can probably be cut saving 4.4M.

Lots of flexibility ahead anyway.

Yep. All of that was further indicated when they drafted Harrison - Cut Church and Gipson. Drafted Bryan - Cut Jackson. Traded Fowler Jr. away and drafted Josh Allen. Telvin Smith also just saw his replacement drafted in Quincy Williams as well. 

They'll continue to draft talent and hope it pans out while letting the veterans go. They'll just keep on making moves until the cap balances back out. Regardless of how well Foles pans out this year and/or next year they'll be looking to draft his successor in the near future as well unless that Minshew kid develops into a Jimmy G. type.

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