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Re: Likely Cuts We Should Target

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Originally Posted by Rugby Saint II (Post 920875)

Crickets chirping. The boards are quiet lately. I'm dying for some Saints info. I'm dying here.

Start a poll, Rugby! We all love a good poll.

Re: Likely Cuts We Should Target

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Originally Posted by iceshack149 (Post 920879)

Start a poll, Rugby! We all love a good poll.

Don't tempt me. I'm just bored enough to want to start a poll even at Guido's expense. ;)

Re: Likely Cuts We Should Target

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Originally Posted by Rugby Saint II (Post 920875)

Crickets chirping. The boards are quiet lately. I'm dying for some Saints info. I'm dying here.

I doubt anyone here has any idea on who might get cut from other rosters at this point. Thus the silence.

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Originally Posted by AsylumGuido (Post 920892)

I doubt anyone here has any idea on who might get cut from other rosters at this point. Thus the silence.

Shhh.....don't tell anyone besides us. We don't want the whole world to know that. They might lose interest.

Re: Likely Cuts We Should Target

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Originally Posted by Rugby Saint II (Post 920875)

Crickets chirping. The boards are quiet lately. I'm dying for some Saints info. I'm dying here.

I believe that our cap position makes us more of a likely cut-er than a pick-er-up-er.

We may be $833k under the Top-51 but we are $15.2M over the total that we have to be under to start the season.

The draft class hasn't been signed which is expected to effect the cap as follows.
$5.1M Top-51
$6.4M Total

Looooong story short the following still has to happen
$4M in space to sign the draft class and stay under Top-51
Another $4M-$5M in space to sign a practice squad before the season starts.

Do those things and you still need to trim $15M to start the season as TOP-51 ends just after the last preseason game, then we have to be under a fully loaded cap.

I have a feeling a blood letting is going to happen.

Re: Likely Cuts We Should Target

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Originally Posted by TheOak (Post 920916)

I believe that our cap position makes us more of a likely cut-er than a pick-er-up-er.

We may be $833k under the Top-51 but we are $15.2M over the total that we have to be under to start the season.

The draft class hasn't been signed which is expected to effect the cap as follows.
$5.1M Top-51
$6.4M Total

Looooong story short the following still has to happen
$4M in space to sign the draft class and stay under Top-51
Another $4M-$5M in space to sign a practice squad before the season starts.

Do those things and you still need to trim $15M to start the season as TOP-51 ends just after the last preseason game, then we have to be under a fully loaded cap.

I have a feeling a blood letting is going to happen.

That's going to be an issue. Virtually every contract that counts as a material hit against the 2021 cap has been previously restructured and carries a dead money hit equal to or greater than the player's 2021 salary. Cutting or trading any of these players would not help matters. Ramczyk, Marcus Williams, and Lattimore are the only three remaining that can result in solid cap clearing with restructure/extensions. I believe they are waiting to see what is going to be required before making those moves.

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Originally Posted by AsylumGuido (Post 920924)

Agreed. I've been trying to point out what was coming for a few months and either I did not articulate it well enough or people didn't want to hear it.

Loomis is going to have to take out the Ouija board in 2021, his normal magic just wont cut it.