My previous position towards free agency was to resign Engram and maybe Key but otherwise be fairly conservative in our signings.  I didn't like the idea of pushing too much money into 2024.  However, I'm now doing a 180.  Assuming Over the Cap is correct, we're $76 million under the salary cap in 2024.  I didn't realize that.  It changes everything.  We can easily afford to shift money from 2023 to 2024 and we have plenty of players that we can restructure to do it.

Using round numbers, we're $22 million over the cap in 2023.  However, that doesn't include Ridley because he's currently suspended.  If we assume he's reinstated, it puts our cap overrun around $32 million.  Shaquill Griffin is an easy cut that saves us $13 million.  That puts our cap overrun at $19 million.  We can shift that $19 million to 2024 and still be $57 million under the cap in 2024.  Going further, in 2024, we can cut Cam Robinson and Scherff, saving us $34 million.  Robinson can be replaced by Walker Little and guard is a non-premium position that is easy to replace.  We would be $91 million under the cap in the 2024.  

The $91 million can be used over 2023 or 2024 as we can still push more money from 2023 to 2024.  I now say let's keep as much of the band together as possible.  If the players are willing to sign fair deals, let's keep as many of our free agents as we can, including Jawaan Taylor.  We are already a playoff team.  Use the draft to upgrade and watch Trevor Lawrence and our other young players continue to develop.  This team has a bright future.

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