Rankins to J E T S !
 

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Leaving us 1.4M over and that's not counting Drew retirement hit and we have no practice squad or draft picks signed.

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Marcus Williams, Lattimore, Ram. Some or all should get us under, with room.

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Wasn't he a FA? Then his departure shouldn't have affected the cap, unless he resigned with us?

It might, however, get us yet another compensatory pick.

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Per OTC, we'll receive a 5th rd comp for Sheldon.

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Very aware of that, as well as that any of those cuts has a direct impact on our game and starting line up.

Would elevate PJ Williams, Patrick Robinson, or Hurst/Griffin to starters. The last cuts are generally the most painful. Keep in mind that is also the 51 number not the all in number.

All in we have to shed:
-6.3M To get under cap
-4M 6 Draft picks at league minimum
- 2M(est) Practice squad

Still have -14M to go to start the season 1M-2M in the black.

Word is the cap could climb to/past 200M, we desperately need the extra 15M in space that would provide.

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Rankins is a 4M dead hit.

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I think saintsfan1976 meant getting the extra cap relief from restructuring/extending those players, not cutting them.

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Won’t there be two more “offsets” to the salary cap, similar to this year; one in 2022, and also 2023, both roughly the same, a negative $15.7M, difference between $198.2M and $182.5M? My understanding was the league didn’t want a huge salary cap reduction this year, anticipated to be down in the $150M neighborhood, so the NFL with the owner’s and player’s blessings, agreed to spread that huge cap reduction out over the next three years.

Daniel Kaplan, sports business writer:

“The salary cap, absent the NFL’s and NFLPA’s agreement to borrow from future years, would have been in the $150 million to $160 million range given the pandemic losses. But knowing the new TV deals will roughly double media income, the sport is comfortable dipping into that future largess to soften the 2021 cap decline. Future caps will rise significantly but will have to take into account this season’s borrowing of future revenue.”

https://theathletic.com/news/nfl-set...s/0WCzkKHuwVmQ

I’m not as concerned as others may be, with getting under and signing the roster, a very good roster I think also, as much as I am about the upcoming draft. Looks like our lateral freedom to sign any veterans to fill needs are going to be limited. Not only this upcoming season, but possibly the next two as well. Drafting well is always important, but now it feels almost critical. Add in dead money, which is creeping up there and will increase significantly post 6/1, stating the draft is critical is a huge understatement.

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