(07-24-2019, 11:45 AM)Caldrac Wrote:

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

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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.

 This is exactly how you maintain a competitive roster and lengthen that "window" everyone thinks is shrinking. 

A couple of the players on these lists of pricey contracts are very likely replaced by rookies or second year players in 2020   -  and that will go a long way to keeping our better draft picks for large second contracts.

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