My point was there really isn't anything we should take in return for Jones. He needs to be on this team.

Well, he needs to be on this team if winning another Super Bowl is important to the organization.

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If we’re signing him, though, you do it prior to the cap increasing, for a better deal.
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No way does he accept anything less than a contract that makes him the highest paid player. Now maybe that means he only accepts $36 million a season. But I don’t see him accepting $35 million or less.
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Now maybe you throw in more guaranteed money or Pat allows us to structure his deal so that it gives Veach flexibility to structure other contracts so that it all fits together and more guys can get paid.
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It’s going to take some major structuring along with the new CBA. A lot depends on if players will agree on 17 games bc there’s going to be major pushback and rightfully so.

If a new CBA passes, it won’t just explode after the 2020 offseason. It will be a gradual increase over time. The avg increase recently is roughly $10 million a year. A new CBA would likely make that $15-17 million IMO. But even with that you’re gonna have to structure things.

I would imagine that means Veach giving Travis Kelce and Tyrann Matheiu an extension after next season to provide cap space and alleviate the huge hits to our cap in 2021.

If the new CBA does get players to agree to 17 games, we have a shot.
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Here’s what I think is the probable outcome to all of this...

Pennel is re-signed for 2yrs 5m
Wisnewski is re-signed for a year for 2m.
Jones gets a 3 year deal for 56m
CHJ signs for 2years 12m to play slot
Albert Wilson signs a 1 year deal for 3m

Watkins is traded for a 3rd
LDT is traded for a 5th
Colquitt retires

That leaves the draft and 7-10m more in cap space to round out the roster.
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I don’t think there’s any chance that Chris Harris ends up here. The slot is what Mathieu does best, I don’t see them moving him out. Outside CB is where we could upgrade most in the secondary, and the safety spot that Fuller vacates could become a need.
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I'd do this in a heartbeat but there would be a ton of holes with everyone else leaving. We have a shitload of FA's.
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This — the plan proposed still leaves us without CBs outside of Ward and Fenton.
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He signed Chris Harris JR.
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Here’s the big thing that we aren’t talking about enough when it comes to retaining Jones in my mind.

Say they re-sign him. You’ve got all your expensive stars in place, including:

- Mahomes
- Hill
- Kelce
- Schwartz
- Fisher
- Jones
- Clark
- Mathieu

Alright, so those 8 guys in combination take up a huge chunk of the cap while also putting you right back in the AFCCG if they’re all healthy. If they’re all healthy.

What happens as soon as one or even two of them go down to injury? Not even including Mahomes. Your roster is probably going to be bare enough elsewhere that you just can’t compete with the other contenders out there that have a deeper roster.

Now, if this cap goes way way up, then it may not be the same type of problem. But as is, this is our reality in my mind if Jones is kept at $20M per year. As soon as we lose one of those big 8, good chance we’re toast. Maybe that’s the case either way, idk. Thinking out loud.
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Like Mutt & Jeff.........


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That’s going to be a lot of teams. How many teams out there are built for depth with no superstars?

Superstars win you games. You just need enough depth that you can you deal with an injury here or there.
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I don’t think we will have that depth unless we nail the draft year after year which is obviously damn near impossible.
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Ward
D. Wilson
Ragland
Erving
Reiter
Wylie
Rankin
Breeland
Ogbah
Wiz
Pennel

All these guys are either either on rookie contracts or a contract as cheap. We’ve done a good job of filling depth without breaking the bank
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