It very unlikely to keep 4 DLs in big contracts
Didnt Pears get signed to a decent contract when Gailey was here? That should free up some cap space
The scenario is up to the players, would Hughes take less money to be a part of one of the best DLs in football? Will Mario be willing to renegotiate his contract to keep the group together. Both rare instances and highly unlikely. It most likely will be the same situation that we had with Byrd, Poz, and Levitre. All good players but left in the search of big money. Hughes would be nice to keep but he is not worth a huge contract. We have up and coming LBs and Cordy who are more important to keep.
Something to consider and i hate to say it is dumping Kyle Williams. He is getting up there in years and our rotational guys have fared well with the time they have seen. Not sure if keeping his leadership would be better than keeping a younger core up front. IMO we are still years off and a quarterback missing of being real contenders, it would be better to have the others for about 3 years or more while Kyle will be gone.