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Originally Posted by O.city
Maybe, just not sure if they'll chance it. They place a high priority on ST's, which maybe it's time not to in terms of a punter.
I'd be fine with Williams and Hyde. There's probably a few other area's you could make it cheaper at as well.
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Not many.
Dirty Dan, but they don't really have a ready replacement for him. Ward and Lucas aren't as rugged, Thornhill and Mathieu are otherwise engaged.
It's tough to find many/any 7 figure cuts after that group. Most of the rest of them are cheap enough that their replacements won't cost much less. Demarcus Robinson would save about $2 million ($1.4 million after paying his replacement) but I'd rather keep him at that price point. Lucas would be about the same, Ragland even less after paying his replacement (only about $750K in savings). There's not a ton of fat on this cap right now.
If you cut Colquitt, X Williams, Hyde AND Sorensen you'd end up adding north of $10 million to next year's cap when you account for rollover and absorbing some dead money in 2019. You'd take a $30+ million cap credit into 2020 absent extensions that eat into it. It's not nothing.