We don't really have one of these yet, so figured we could use this as a place to discuss potential free agent acquisitions and what we would like to look for them to bring in.
If any of you guys are interested, heres a good place to do some research.
Originally Posted by O.city:
Sure, but who do you really see making the bank breaking deal, other than the obvious one under center?
Jones will get a big deal i'd think but is Fuller gonna really get that big of a deal? I don't see all the big deals your talking about.
Well I'm assuming Hill doesn't blow up in our faces. And Schwartz will still have plenty of gas in the tank.
So if you want to bring Jones, Hill and Fuller back while re-signing Schwartz - that's a big time cap hit for those guys. And obviously Mahomes is gonna be a MASSIVE hit. We'll likely have to find a $30 million cap buffer in there somewhere. He's not on a minimum deal right now or anything so some of his money is already figured into the budget, but a hell of a lot more is gonna have to be tacked on. [Reply]
I’m sure Veach is planning on building as much through the draft as possible to keep costs low and then will look to add a few vets with a little gas left in the tank after the draft that will have their money fall off when Mahomes needs bigger checks. [Reply]
Originally Posted by ForeverChiefs58:
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EDGE still the deepest position in what's left in free agency:
Justin Houston (30)
Ziggy Ansah (29)
Nick Perry (29)
Shane Ray (25)
Clay Matthews (32)
Adrian Clayborn (30)
Derrick Morgan (30)
Vinny Curry (30)
Dion Jordan (29)
Benson Mayowa (27)
Aaron Lynch (26)
Bruce Irvin (31)
Former Falcons’, Raiders’ and Seahawks’ DE Bruce Irvin reached agreement on a one-year deal with the Carolina Panthers, per source.
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
They won't do much to the cap in '19 unless you intentionally frontloaded some stuff.
But what they would have created is substantial cap credits for 2020 that can be used to deal with some massive raises next year.
Folks, I don't think we understand just how much more money we're going to have to load into the cap the next 2-3 years and how little we have coming off. Watkins is the only obvious bit of heavy lifting we can do to clear space. The rest of these guys are getting paid at/near their market value. Perhaps you can replace LDT but hell, LDT's deal's well under market for a player of his caliber, provided he can stay healthy. And people still forget about the screaming bargain we're getting on Schwartz. You can't just cut Fisher either.
This caps gonna get nasty if we can't find a way to funnel a little more money into it and banking some 2019 cap credits can pay off in a big way over the next 3-4 years.
I wouldn't be overly concerned about cap space, the NFL TV deal is set to expire in 2-3 years and when they renew that it will increase the salary cap exponentially. Heck it goes up $10-15 million every year anyway.
And of course the new CBA will play a huge role as well. [Reply]