(03-18-2024, 12:00 PM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(03-18-2024, 11:58 AM)Jaguarmeister Wrote: His salary is not guaranteed and I'd presume it would be re-worked in a hypothetical trade.  More than half the teams in the league show Tackle as a need.  I think the question is, are his services for 1 year here worth more than 5th-7th round pick.  I'd say yes.  A 4th or pick swap into the 3rd is where I'd consider it, but he has PED history so not sure how other teams view that in a trade scenario.  Probably not a 4th or pick swap into the 3rd would be my guess.  He also may contribute to a compensatory pick if allowed to walk next year.

Looking at the roster, I just don't see a lot of good candidates for restructures personally, so if we sign another big splash free agent Cam would be a juicy option to consider trading or cutting to create the needed space.  If you're going to cut him anyway, I guess you'd take a 6th or 7th if that's all you could muster.

We may sign a few more guys, but I think we're done with the $50M contracts this offseason so probably won't be getting rid of him.  They can create smaller chunks of space with Allen's eventual new deal and a few other potential cuts (Zay, RRH, Wingard, etc) if need be.

We can generate $34 million with simple restructures.  A stroke of the pen.  

Restructure Potential | Over the Cap

I saw this the first time you posted it, but I think just because we can restructure certain guys doesn't mean we should, which was my point by the bolded comment.  Go through the list of guys and whittle it down to ones you think are a good idea.  I don't personally want to push dead cap out on guys I don't see being here beyond this year or next given Lawrence's looming deal.  Also, when you add void years or later cut guys with time still left on their contract you're more likely to not see compensatory picks when you eventually part ways.  We're going to be entering a period where any additional picks are going to be gold because ~20% of our cap will likely be tied up in the QB in a given year.  I'd prefer the consistently competitive roster model vs big ebbs and flows of going all in in certain years and paying for it in others.  The cap may be malleable and massagable by shifting cap hits between years, but it is real and we're not likely to consistently see whopping 13% increases or whatever it was as we did this year.

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