(08-14-2021, 08:56 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(08-14-2021, 08:28 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: But we currently have tons of cap space. Cap space is not an issue at this point. I agree, once important players start coming up for contract extensions, you have to be very frugal. Especially since I believe Lawrence is gonna command one of those $200+ million contracts in about 3 years. Right now, we are in very good shape though. Right now, we should be worried about getting Lawrence comfortable on the field and that means putting the best team around him on offense and defense. Depth is a big part of that equation. I don't care if Schobert was gonna be the 3rd ILB. You need to keep 4 decent ones in a 3-4 scheme. 

So because the Bills made a blunder getting nearly nothing for Darius, we should repeat their mistake? That makes no sense. They got "hosed" on that deal, which was good for us. I'd rather have depth now, and trade Schobert next year. We probably could've probably gotten more for him after the season as none of his contract would have been fully guaranteed in 2022. That would have been a lot easier for other teams to absorb and there would presumably have been more interest.

I disagree with your stance on cap space.   We can say with 100% certainty that at some point in the next few years, we will be over the cap and have to rearrange things to get back under it.  So the time to start saving cap space is now.   A $10 million savings (or whatever Schobert's contract is) right now can be carried into the future.  And I guarantee you, at some point in the future, we will be glad we saved that money.   Because that will be one less guy we will have to cut in the future when we really need him.   

You should NEVER carry a bad contract just because you have cap space.  Because that wasted money will come back to bite you in the future.

What is the difference if we would have kept him this season and moved him next season? I never insinuated keeping him beyond this year. We still would have saved money by moving him in 2022, but we would have retained depth at the position for this year. Not to mention with none of his money guaranteed in 2022, we probably would have gotten more in a trade had we waited.

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(08-14-2021, 09:29 AM)Kane Wrote:

(08-14-2021, 08:28 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: But we currently have tons of cap space. 

Yeah but we still have a Chark contract and a Josh Allen contract on the horizon.
And you never know how aggressive they wanna me in free agency next year.
Or perhaps a Thomas trade... (Not that I'm hoping for that really)

Dude, I was all for trading Schobert next season. I never once said I would've kept him beyond this season. I just didn't want to give him away right now when our depth is so thin at ILB. We could've still moved him next season, gotten a better return in a trade since none of his contract would have been guaranteed and the contract negotiations with Chark and Allen wouldn't have been effected at all.

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