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I don't see the need to worry about the contract length. It seems to me that if Milano is playing well his contract could very easily be traded if cap becomes an issue after 2 years. My personal hope is that both Matt and Edmunds have not reached their ceiling yet. A full healthy summer to work on their skills would be nice.

That's an option or they could tank the 2021 season and go to the draft!

Let's wait for things to play out. As for the Chiefs currently they are down their tackles and starting center.

Just because Butler takes a pay cut doesn't mean he is a lock for making the team. A lot of crazy is going to happen during this years FA season.

Yep, a "tempest in a teapot".

I want to comment on "restructures". Most teams (especially playoff caliber teams) have a couple of players under a restructure contract. It's a very useful tool if not overdone like the Saints/Eagles have done. Beane is conservative but he does have some decent options to pull off $5M-$7M of cap savings this year using it. Poyer, Beasley and Hughes (with a void year) come to mind. All 3 combined only have $7M ish in Dead Money left on their contracts. It wouldn't surprise me if some of these players have already been approached and Beane has this knowledge in his quiver if needed.

LOL, probably the Texans. They don't have a pick until the 3rd round!

$7.8 Cap Hit with $1M Dead.

He is a Free Agent. As for the releases, Beane did what he had to do. I'm proud of him making these moves.

So when it comes to the QB, WR and TE positions for the Saints they pretty much got Michael Thomas.

It includes the top 51 contracts no matter what kind.

March 17th teams have to be under the 51 player cap. Saints, Rams and Eagles still got a lot of work to do to get there. Even the Falcons who are at -$11M only have 39 players signed. They got a lot of moves still to make.

I use the Spotrac Transaction listing for released players. It's easy to check salary data. One stop shopping. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/transactions/2021/released/

I got a feeling and have said it before there could be a chance he retires. If he does there could be a "compromise" deal concerning the bonuses.

I expect there are a lot of players in the Jerry Hughes/John Brown situation around the league right now. Some of these guys will get cut and be another name in the long FA list in their positions. Many won't be in great demand and I expect some to resign with their original teams at a bit lower of cap hit.

Well things are going to get interesting in the next 12 days. March 17th teams have to be under the 51 player cap. I'm sure Beane has talked to agents about restructures and is got both eyes on FA. Buckle up!

Read the post below. He will sign an extension. Well said! I've just about given up on trying to say this exact same thing. The typical fan just doesn't understand. The 5th year option comes first............then the extension.

I have found Spotrac a better site for me. It's easier to read and I feel it has a lot more info. I specifically like how they break down salary and cap info on individual players. They also give details on if a player is traded as to cap implications.

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Desean Jackson in Dedone. I predict he becomes a Raider for one year at $2M. LOL.

Odd are very very high it gets done before September.

The only team that could try to do it the NFC would be the Lions. They have the #7 this year and 2 1st's next year and if they ate Goff's 2022 Roster Bonus of $15,5M it would essentially mean Goff only has a quarantined contract of $27M in 2021 with no Dead Cap after that. So they would have plenty of options to make a Watson trade work. A bit of a long shot but the more I think about it it's not that crazy.

All in line with the NFL dates and timing. The 1st thing that will happen is the Bills will exercise Josh Allen's 5th year option. Last year the Chiefs and Texans didn't do that until end of April which is well past the initial FA period. Mahomes and Watson had no problem with the timing and neither will Josh!

Good counterpoints that I will comment on. 1. Yes some of these OLBs (or any other position to my point) will be signed by their original team. Every time that happens the potential cap pool diminishes. If the Raven re-sign Judon it's also another team not looking to sign a high dollar Milano too. Right now the Cowboys have 27M in cap space but as soon as they sign Dak that is gone. Pittsburg will have a hard time signing JuJu and Dupree so Bud Dupree could be a big target. 2. Totally agree with the "fit" point. It's just a lot less teams with money looking to be that "fit" for a guy like Milano. If there is one he will be gone. If not he may be back for a one year deal. Spotrac has the average cap space for each team in the league at $15M with a $185M cap. If that is increased to $190M that an average of $20M per team average. 20M X 32 = $640M in total cap out there. If things were normal the cap would be $209M this year. But I just figured $190M. That's a 19M deficit. 19M X 32 = $608M less than normal. That where I get only about half the amount of cap space chasing Free Agents. Things will get interesting if these numbers become reality!

You bring up good points Hap and that is true for most typical years but the truth is that this coming year there is going to be only half of the money available chasing the same amount of free agents. Actually because of other teams in cap trouble it will probably be more free agent then ever. A number of those 11 teams also need to sign a bunch of their own FAs too. Those teams left that are looking for an OLB AND HAVE THE MONEY will be chasing bigger names than Milano to begin with. Here are the OLBs on the market right now. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-agents/all/outside-linebacker/ I don't think Milano gets the money he is looking for IMO.