(12-28-2022, 11:24 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(12-28-2022, 11:14 AM)MarleyJag Wrote: This is something I'm concerned with too. The defense has a lot of money tied up in it and is not a particularly outstanding unit. He's got some work to do there while looking towards eventually signing Lawrence to a megadeal. I gave him a 6 but probably more of an incomplete at this point.

I don't think we have real cap issues.  We are over the cap as it is, but the cap will go up, a high priced veteran or two will be released, and new contracts will be written for the guys we want to keep with a minimal cap hit in the first year.

We are fine. A couple of the leftover Caldwell free agents will be gone and we have a couple guys we can restructure if they want to do so. Shaq Griffin alone saves us like $13 million when we cut him. Cam has a $16 million dollar salary next season, that could be converted to a longer deal if they can come to terms. There's ways forward that don't involve tearing down the roster.

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