Would not surprise me if McBeane goes OL with 1st round pick.
Dawkins, Kenyon Green/Zion Johnson, Morse, Williams after paycut, Brown, Gronk with Ford, Bates, Doyle as backups could be a good O-Line
https://frontofficenfl.com/2020/05/25/2020-nfl-cba-explained-contract-incentives-ltbe-nltbe/
Since he had 14 catches for 135 catches last year and was 3rd string, you could structure the contract where you pay him say $1.5m base and put some NLTBE (Not Likely To Be Earned) incentives that should be a slam dunk for him to earn as the #2 behind Knox and raise his comp to around $2.5-3m but still only counts $1.5m cap for 2022.
Those are the type of guys worth taking a chance on like a Jordan Phillips. Instead of signing JAGs to $5m per year. Sign guys like Howard to vet minimum deals and let somebody else pay them next year when they get good.
I really hope McBeane surprises us all and goes for it. Weak tea moves so we’re in good salary cap shape 5 years from now while the usual suspects like the Rams and Chiefs load up salary-cap-be-damned would be extremely deflating.
Agreed. This is a gift dropping into Beane’s lap. You could get Wagner for probably half the cap hit of Edmunds this year. And separately I could see Seattle trading for Edmunds in a face saving move that sounds good trading for a young Pro Bowler to replace Wagner. Lockett for Edmunds. Let’s speak it into existence.
Could you imagine getting Lockett and Wagner for the same cap hit as Edmunds?
That Seattle roster gonna be picked clean. Dunlap will request to be released too. Lockett asked to get traded. I’d assume Metcalf could be had for the right deal too.
Gronk, Kirk, Chandler Jones in free agency.
Draft OL in 1st round.
DB in 2nd (probably in a trade up)
1 Tech DT in 3rd
Let all our free agents walk.
Release Beasley and Feliciano.
Re-structure Williams.
Restructure/extend Morse, Diggs
Watson seems stuck in limbo. Rodgers back with Green Bay. Mr Unlimited seems like he’s staying in Seattle. Jimmy G with shoulder surgery.
Trubisky gonna get paid by somebody.