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Originally Posted by tyecopeland
This is a good breakdown. But, you are forgetting the replacement cost.
Cutting Clark would have forced the Chiefs to sign someone else (for depth at the very least) at the position. If it was a depth piece, not very expensive. But if it would have been a one year rental veteran type player, at least a good chunk of that 9 mil in dead cap is gone anyway because of this year.
Would I take that trade off? Yes. Because Clark isn't providing anything more than replacement level play anyway. But it's not quite as cut and dry 'extra 9 mil in cap costs next year for keeping clark' as you lay it out here.
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Depending on how far down the rabbit hole, of course - the ripples in the lake continue going outward and that's worth acknowledging.
That said - guy's replacement level. Maybe. He's probably better than Kaindoh but he's isn't by a ton.
Though I'll concede that it's unlikely Veach would've been content rolling with Danna out there. But as I said at the time, I'd have gladly continued a youth movement with some potentially undervalued younger players like Derek Barnett, Bilal Nichols, Dorance Armstrong, Arden Key, Rasheem Green, etc...
Any of them would've easily slotted into that 'free' space. I mean we're not at the cap right this very second and all those guys signed in the 2nd and 3rd waves had surprisingly reasonable AAVs and many even took 2-3 year deals with a little upside baked in the cake.
My frustration in all this was the predictability and avoidability of it.
Oh, and we're not even getting into not taking a DE instead of a 3rd safety in the 2nd round when discussing 'replacement cost'. I've simply had no choice but to let that one go. There's no unringing the bell now.