The Jokeman

Unless Sal was wrong on the signing bonus.

We've always gone for the low cost olineman in free agency with McBeane except when signed Morse.

The leaks are gone from the front office.

It's more as the signing bonus is prorated over the years of the contact too. $7.05m this year isn't horrible.

4 years isn't that long as he could still get another pay day at 30.

Yeah my phone didn't take the 0, I edited my initial post.

If the structure is as outlined I'm okay with Milano counting $7.05 M of the cap this year.

I guess just curious how all the pieces fall in place.

If Klein can be used on 3rd downs or passing downs as a pass rusher he fills a role otherwise he's wasting cap space on the bench.

Or a starting TE.

Nice to have him back, yet that's a big chunk of our cap. Hopefully we can free up more room to fill other needs.

I believe it's the Broncos.

Aka LA Chargers.

I have no reason to say no. He could be another TJ Yeldon in sense could be inactive on game days but does add an element we could use.

I disagree, we've brought in low cost olineman under McBeane era with the exception of Morse. We might take one guy to replace Williams or Feliciano in Round 1 but not shocked if sign a free agent or two in the $2-3 million dollar range to compete to start or provide depth.

Or get a big TE, I'd love 6'6 Hunter Henry but he's going to get paid by someone else am sure.

We need a more reliable guy than Knox. To me guys like Everett and Smith could do that. With the cap tight I'd hope get either at $7m in 2021 and expand it over future years.

I'd rather use big money on a TE and a lower cost speed WR. Yet also need interior oline help and possibly right tackle not to mention CB2 and LB and pass rush.

I wouldn't be shocked if the Patriots drafted Mac Jones with their top pick this year.

Tough to say as think Gabe Davis let us forget what most rookie WRs do. Yet as said in my updated post I'd love to get D'Wayne Eskridge in Round 5 as feel he could replace Brown/Roberts and maybe even McKenzie.

They aren't great but affordable and likely produce better than a rookie.

John Ross might be fast but in an unspectacular WR. If want a Brown replacement I look at Stills, Marvin Hall, Phillip Dorsett before I even consider Ross. Ultimately think we'd be wise to draft someone to replace Brown and Roberts. I'd love getting D'Wayne Eskridge in Round 5.

I'm not apologizing for him as I'd rather see him cut then kept as think Oliver, Zimmer and player X better options. That said I can recognize the difference between a guy that's better suited to play one vs other position. As not all DTs are the same. I mean the beloved Kyle Williams was over 300 too but I'd never ask him to play the nose as that's just not in his skill set.

Well that answers that then.

That's never been the case that I know of unless a recent CBA changed it, I thought it was based on draft position more specifically if selected in the top 10 or not. As this is the rule I knew: The option for top-ten picks is set at an amount equal to the salary of the Transition Tender (set in Article 10, Section 4 of the CBA) for the player’s fourth contract year. This salary is calculated, to put it simply, by finding the average of the top ten highest Prior Year Salaries for players at the same position. Positions are defined by where a player spent the most plays during the previous season (Sec. 7, (a), 31). For players selected between 11th and 32nd in the draft, the same calculation is used to compute their salaries. The difference lies in what is averaged; rather than the top ten, the 3rd-25th highest Prior Year Salaries for the player’s position will be used. Courtesy of https://frontofficenfl.com/2017/03/27/nfl-rookie-contracts-explained-fifth-year-option/