(03-08-2023, 10:26 AM)jj82284 Wrote:

(03-08-2023, 09:51 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: And I hope he plays well enough to earn a deal like that. 

Not great news for future cap management, but very good news for our offense.
A second rounder is also tough to sacrifice, but I think most teams would give one up for three years of Calvin Ridley playing well.  

Pretty sure this is one of those "good problems." 

If he earns it.  We'll see. 

If not, then I'd be looking for that WR in the early rounds you mentioned, only next year.

Cap room is its own capital.  Next year we will be looking @ a 29 year old receiver.  Let's say he racks in 1k yards and 8 tds.   A really good season!  

It'll cost u 80 million with @ least the first two years effectively guaranteed to sign him.  @ a minimum.  It will also cost u a 2nd rounder.  

If u let him walk, u lost out on a 5th rounder and a 3rd in 24. But u'll probably get a 3rd rd compensatory in 25.  So net u gave up the equivalent of a 5th in 23 and a 5th in 24 (the effective difference between the two third round picks factoring in time).  For a shot @ a 1.  

I hope he's a 1 for 5 years an hes worth every penny.  When I heard 5th rounder I thought it was a no Brainerd.  Hearing all the conditions, factoring in his contract and his age I think that there's another side to the equation if ur just going to cross receiver off the board in the first three rounds.

We'll see how it all plays out. There's always loopholes in the salary cap or ways to work around it. The cap ceiling is also supposed to be seeing a pretty big facelift here soon. As early as next year. Which probably needs to happen when you're seeing guys like Geno Smith and Daniel Jones getting triple digit million dollar contracts. 

If Ridley goes off in 2023 and has a Diggs, Chase or Jefferson type year? He was worth every risk and penny. If it means having to move on from guys like Engram, Jones and Kirk to keep Diggs while backfilling at this position in the draft as well or bargain shopping in free agency? So be it.

This is what Baalke gets paid the big bucks to figure out and it's ultimately going to fall back on Lawrence to elevate everybody around him, something he's already proven he can do in just one season under new leadership and coaching. Kirk, Engram and Jones all had career years under Lawrence.

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