Hey buddy can we please get a pinned topic from you on the cap. This time of year i end up in arguments over what we can afford this year and how it affects future years. And while i’m great at math you have caught me in errors several times over the many years. So i obviously defer to you. I feel many people have no idea how much or little cap we have moving forward. They all want to restructure everyone and spend the money now which will result in losing a lot of our studs in the next couple seasons. Please help buddy. It will save my sanity. I know i shouldnt get drawn in. But i do.
I do get what you’re saying but you have to take into account the cap going up by 50% or so in next 4 seasons. Is too hard to be exact with future numbers but massive increases are expected.
The number of players we have needing new high end contracts over the next 2-3 offseasons will greatly exceed the rate of the cap growth. Also contracts grow each year with the cap.
Hutch 35 mil
Jamo 25 mil
Kerby 20 mil
Branch 20 mil
Leporta 17mil
Gibbs 20 mil
Jack 12 mil
Anzalone?
Others - need money for resigning depth guys too
That is ~150 million per year not including depth when the cap will maybe go up by 100 million by the time those contracts have started in 3 years. Every year the cap goes up enough to cover 1 to 1 1/2 studs. Unfortunately we have drafted more than that per year on average. We had 3 or 4 from the 2021 class just paid. 3 more from 2022 due next. 4 from 2023 coming fast. See where it catches up eventually? Yes you can restructure and move money but kicking the can will really kick our ass very soon if we go that route.
Based on this year’s number, right? But if it goes up another $20M that changes, and it could go up more than that now that the Nielsen ratings are changing the way they do things.
He doesn’t have Mailata’s lateral agility. For all that they’re often compared around here, Mailata ran a 6.76 3-cone, which is maybe the most insane testing number I’ve ever seen. Guys his size never come anywhere near that kind of number. Manu’s lateral agility isn’t anything like that (he ran an 8.29).
But he’s really explosive in a straight line and maybe more of a mauler. He doesn’t have to be Mailata to be a hit, he can be a Trent or Orlando Brown. That would be plenty good enough. And if he proves too slow-footed to be a tackle, I think he’ll thrive as a Becton-type guard. So worst case is still a pretty good case. Doesn’t help us with Decker’s future though.
Because he was an international guy with an international combine, only the teams knew about it beforehand, why would any of us pay attention to international testing?
