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Saccopoo Memorial Draft Forum>Duncan's Offseason Plan | 2.12.21
duncan_idaho 10:07 AM 02-12-2021
I'll start this by saying I'm not as good at ALL the small details as kccrow and a few others. But here's a run at a whole-picture plan.

I'm approaching the 21 offseason with 3 main goals: 1) Shore up OL; 2) Improve DE pass rush; 3) add weapons to pass game

Anything beyond those 3 goals is just icing on top.

Current roster service
  1. Restructure $10M of Patrick Mahomes’ roster bonus
  2. Restructure $15M of Chris Jones’ base salary
  3. Extend Tyreek Hill (becomes 4-year, $80M that lowers his 21 cap number by $5M)
  4. Extend Tyrann Mathieu (becomes 4-year, $59.5M deal that lowers his 21 cap number by $10M)
  5. Extend Eric Fisher (becomes 3 year, $43.5M deal that lowers his 21 cap number by $6M)
  6. Mitchell Schwartz retires/is cut
  7. Retain: Anthony Sherman on vet minimum deal
  8. Re-sign Mike Remmers, 2 years, $7.25M
  9. Re-sign Taco Charlton, 1 year, $2M (incentives to $10M)
  10. Retain Charvarious Ward on tender

Free agent losses:
This leaves the Chiefs with $17.5M, give or take, in cap room for 21 (projected $185M cap). If it stays flat at $195M, I can drop one of the extensions/restructures OR maybe play a little bigger in FA

Sign
That leaves me with around $8M in cap room with $34.5M in projected 22 cap room (227.5M cap).

Draft
Trade: #31 to Miami for #36 and #81
1.36 – Terrance Marshall, Jr. WR, LSU
Reinforce the WR position with a hopeful Day 1 start at WR 2
Trade: #63, #94 to Washington for #51
2.51 – Dillon Radunz, T, North Dakota State
Goal here is a T you’re convinced can step in at LT year 1. Radunz, Little, Eichenberg (Eichenberg gives you future flexibility if you need it).
3.81 – Quinn Meinerz, C/OG, Wisconsin-Whitewater
I’m hoping he plays LG in year 1, with the goal of him replacing Kelce at C in year 2.
4.136 – Paulson Adebo, CB, Stanford
I love his fit in KC’s scheme and think his upside is huge. 2022 starter.
4.144 –Tre McKitty, TE, Georgia
Love his receiving ability and overall upside
5.176 – Joshuah Bledsoe, S, Missouri
Bledsoe can’t play deep safety very well, but he’s good in the slot, matches up well with big receivers, and can hit.
5.180 – Jaelon Darden, WR, North Texas
With Hardman taking more of an offensive role, I grab a developmental WR who can contribute as a returner right away
7.256 – K.J. Britt, LB, Auburn
I like what he brings and think this could be a contributor

Depth chart post-draft:

QB: Mahomes/Henne
RB: CEH/Damien Williams
WR1: Hill/Hardman
WR2: Marshall, Jr./Cheap vet
WR3: Hardman/Darden
TE: Kelce/McKitty
LT: Radunz/Remmers
LG: Meinerz/Rankin
C: Kelce/Meinerz
RG: LDT/Allegretti
RT: Niang/Remmers

IR: Fisher (when healthy, if he can reclaim LT, Fisher-Radunz-Kelce-Meinerz-Niang
RDE: Lawson/Charlton
LDE: Clark/Danna
DT: Jones/Wharton
DT: Nnadi/Saunders
MLB: Hitchens/Britt
OLB: Gay/Britt
OCB: Fenton/Keyes
OCB: Ward/Adebo
SLOT: Sneed/Mathieu
FS: Thornhill/Watts
SS: Mathieu/Bledsoe

Post-draft feels
Well, I'm pretty happy if it breaks this way. The Chiefs for 21 would have an improved pass rush on D with a lot more upside on the OL. Key thing is if I've done enough at LT to bandage this in the short-term. Eichenberg MAY be a safer option in this scenario, as a guy who's more "ready" Day 1/finished, and also more likely to be versatile enough to slide inside. I'm not sure Radunz is either of those things.

If Fisher comes back at full strength, the OL could really evolve into a true strengt, though.
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siberian khatru 10:48 AM 02-12-2021
You've got Pringle as both a FA loss and WR3 on the depth chart.

MAKE UP YOUR MIND! :-)
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Chris Meck 10:59 AM 02-12-2021
I like it.

However, it'll cost the Eagles more to cut Kelce than keep him, so I doubt they do that.
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The Franchise 11:04 AM 02-12-2021
Originally Posted by Chris Meck:
I like it.

However, it'll cost the Eagles more to cut Kelce than keep him, so I doubt they do that.
At this point I have no idea what the Eagles are going to do. They’re almost $40 million over the cap and I don’t see how they can create that space.
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duncan_idaho 11:05 AM 02-12-2021
Originally Posted by siberian khatru:
You've got Pringle as both a FA loss and WR3 on the depth chart.

MAKE UP YOUR MIND! :-)
LOL. I worked through a few iterations of it. Final iterations led to a Pringle cut and adding a cheap vet (John Ross?) instead.

Originally Posted by Chris Meck:
I like it.

However, it'll cost the Eagles more to cut Kelce than keep him, so I doubt they do that.
They can designate him as a June 1 cut and make it a positive cap savings.

They're in so much worse shape than KC is, even if the cap doesn't fall AND even if they trade Wentz, they're going to have to get creative.
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O.city 11:59 AM 02-12-2021
Flip them a 6th for Kelce.

Hell, see if they wanna trade us Fletcher Cox too.
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htismaqe 12:02 PM 02-12-2021
Originally Posted by O.city:
Flip them a 6th for Kelce.

Hell, see if they wanna trade us Fletcher Cox too.
The Eagles can't move him. They paid him his guaranteed money so they're on the hook for his dead money if they cut or trade him - just over $10M and they're $40M over the projected cap.
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O.city 12:03 PM 02-12-2021
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
The Eagles can't move him. They paid him his guaranteed money so they're on the hook for his dead money if they cut or trade him - just over $10M and they're $40M over the projected cap.
Just saying, if they wanna go firesale, see what they'll move.

If Schwartz is retiring and we could make the money work, I'd send them 31 for Lane JOhnson.
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O.city 12:05 PM 02-12-2021
Or Brandon Graham and Kelce for a 3rd?
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O.city 12:06 PM 02-12-2021
Shit, I''d send them 31 for Kelce and Derek Barnett
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wachashi 12:10 PM 02-12-2021
I love reading these - good work.

Our o-line situation is crazy. Beginning the year with Niang/Meinerz/Radunz as starters could be sketchy given they're all essentially rookies, but we're going to see some young, new faces on the line without a doubt. I'd say if that happens, and the coaches put 3 rookies ahead of Remmers, Wylie (if he's back), and/or Allegretti based on their performance in camp/pre-season then we're sitting pretty.
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htismaqe 12:10 PM 02-12-2021
Kelce's dead money: $10M

Graham's dead money: $17M

Johnson's dead money: $39M

Dude, you're talking about pure fantasy at this point. :-)
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O.city 12:22 PM 02-12-2021
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
Kelce's dead money: $10M

Graham's dead money: $17M

Johnson's dead money: $39M

Dude, you're talking about pure fantasy at this point. :-)
I'm an idea man. Other people have to figure out how to make them work.
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htismaqe 12:38 PM 02-12-2021
Originally Posted by O.city:
I'm an idea man. Other people have to figure out how to make them work.
Well I figured it out for you.

They don't work.

:-)
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The Franchise 12:44 PM 02-12-2021
Not to hijack this thread but how the fuck did the Eagles fuck up the cap this bad? Jesus.
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