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LesBaker
There are a couple of guys that you'd want to keep. And a small list of replaceable players.
That's how I see that list.
AO has turned out to be a really good player and they have to keep him.
Let;s assume that Goff is worth a 2nd contract. By 2019 that;s another 20 M.
Let;'s say Donald already has 20 M.
Well as a rule teams spend around 50-55% of their cap on something like 8-10 players.
With 40 M dedicated to Goff and Donald in 2019, By 2019 the cap would be around 180 M. (Over the cap dot com figures at 190 M but let's stay with the more conservative number.)
50-55% of 180 M is 90-99 M.
That would leave 50-59 M. The rest of your big contracts are in the 6 M - 11 M range. Average: 8.5
Out of 50-55 M, with that average you can sign 6-7 players though 7 would be pushing it to more like 55.3%. Add in Goff and Donald that looks like 8-9 players, well within the normal range you find throughout the league.
Just ask, which 6-7 other players would you want then?
Here are some of their big cap guys now--they won't all be here in 2019: Tru, Tavon, Barron, Brockers, Quinn, Whitworth, Ogletlree, Woods.
Some of those guys won't be here in 2 years. As it stands, only 6 of them are under contract through 2019, and they represent 60 M dollars against the 2019 cap.
THEN there's this question. What is Donald worth as a player, not in terms of money but in terms of his value to the defense? I say a rare elite DT---elite DTs being one of the rarest types in football---is worth any 2 other10-M-each type defenders you can keep or sign.
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/09/2017 06:00PM by zn.
