Quote:The whole point with the FB idea is that it gets him on the field in the event the draft Fournette. You don't draft Fournette and then not start him immediately, and we can't waive Ivory this year because it would mean a $7 mil dead money hit where his current cap hit is only $5.8 mil.


 

Now if we could trade him, his new team would be responsible for $4.5 mil and he'd only cost us the remaining $1.3 mil this season ...and then another $3 mil dead money hit in 2018.

 

His contract is structured wisely.  All of his guaranteed money is in the first two years. They can cut him after 2017 and have no dead money moving forward. 

 

If they draft a RB high, then they'll either try to trade him or just play him in a rotation/committee approach. If the Hackett offense really plays balanced, you can expect the team to have between 450-480 rushing attempts. If you give Ivory 10 attempts per game that leave 290-320 attempts for your rookie. 

Which is plenty.  For perspective - Elliott ran the ball 322 times last year.

 

I think if Ivory is on the roster come September, he'll get carries regardless of the draft. 

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