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Originally Posted by Direckshun

RGR Football, for whatever it's worth, has said that a Jones extension could save us between $16m and $18m in cap space.

I think that's valuable. Veach likes to enter the season with $8m to $10m in cap space in case he wants to do in-season roster canoodling (spoiler: he will absolutely do in-season roster canoodling), and we'll still have $6m to $8m to ink Hopkins, which we absolutely can.

Who knows, if Hopkins' first year cap hit is small, he may ink Dunlap as well.

This roster absolutely wins you a Super Bowl unless Donovan Smith is an abject disaster:

Spoiler!

QB: Mahomes, Gabbert
RB: Pacheco, McKinnon, Edwards-Helaire, Prince

WR: Hopkins, Toney, Valdez-Scantling, Moore, Rice, Watson, James
TE: Kelce, Gray, Bell, Fortson

LT: Smith, Taylor
LG: Thuney, Allegretti
C: Humphrey, Allegretti
RG: Smith, Kinnard
RT: Taylor, Morris

DE: Omenihu, Dunlap, Anudike-Uzomah
DT: Jones, Wharton
DT: Nnadi, Coburn
DE: Karlaftis, Danna

WLB: Gay, Tranquill
MLB: Bolton, Tranquill
SLB: Chenal, Cochrane

CB: Sneed, McDuffie, Watson, Williams, Jones, Johnson
S: Reid, Cook, Edwards, Bush, Conner

K: Butker
P: Townsend
LS: Winchester

I think Smith is solid when healthy, and indications are that he's healthy.

About the only thing needed to cement this as one of the most dominant stretches in NFL history would be a team that embarrasses opponents on the regular and makes them feel hopeless. With Hopkins, and assuming that the young players take another step forward, this could be the team to do it.