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DJ's left nut · 09-08-2021, 02:25 PM

They have something like 26 pending UFAs next season.

So roughly half the roster will be UFA's going into 2022. Most of those guys are ancillary players, but you still have to have someone on the roster.

Apart from guys like Mathieu, Brown, Ward and Reed, you have dudes who are valuable contributors like Nnadi, Remmers, potentially Hughes, Sorensen, Robinson, Winchester, Okafor, Williams and Henne, then decent back of the roster options like Pringle, Blythe, LDT and Niemann.

They only have 26 guys under contract for next season before consider probable cap cuts in Hitchens and Clark. And they only have about $35 million in projected cap for next season. Figure a post June 1 cut of those two frees up another $28 million or so and you're looking at $63 million to get 30 new guys on the roster. If you end up tagging Brown or Mathieu, you're looking at conservatively another $18 million off to get you to about $45 million in available space for 28, 29 guys.

So I guess you hope that Powell works himself onto the roster and Buechele becomes a viable backup. Devon Key replaces Watts, Prince and Darryl Williams can hopefully supplant Remmers and Blythe. Demone Harris replaces Okafor, Derrick Gore replaces the other Darrel Williams. Can Zayne Anderson replace Dan Sorensen as Reid's vital undrafted white BYU safety? Cobb or Rozeboom replace DoD as a STs linebacker?

I mean they're gonna need more cheap talent than a set of draft picks can plow into the system. As Stars/Scrubs as this season roster can appear, next years will be even more stark.

Man I hope they are right about Tim Ward and he's not gonna be a piece we regret losing. Sure seems like he'd have been a handy guy to have around next season.

09-08-2021, 02:25 PM	#2
DJ's left nut Sauntering Vaguely Downwards DJ's left nut's Avatar Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Columbia, Mo	They have something like 26 pending UFAs next season. So roughly half the roster will be UFA's going into 2022. Most of those guys are ancillary players, but you still have to have someone on the roster. Apart from guys like Mathieu, Brown, Ward and Reed, you have dudes who are valuable contributors like Nnadi, Remmers, potentially Hughes, Sorensen, Robinson, Winchester, Okafor, Williams and Henne, then decent back of the roster options like Pringle, Blythe, LDT and Niemann. They only have 26 guys under contract for next season before consider probable cap cuts in Hitchens and Clark. And they only have about $35 million in projected cap for next season. Figure a post June 1 cut of those two frees up another $28 million or so and you're looking at $63 million to get 30 new guys on the roster. If you end up tagging Brown or Mathieu, you're looking at conservatively another $18 million off to get you to about $45 million in available space for 28, 29 guys. So I guess you hope that Powell works himself onto the roster and Buechele becomes a viable backup. Devon Key replaces Watts, Prince and Darryl Williams can hopefully supplant Remmers and Blythe. Demone Harris replaces Okafor, Derrick Gore replaces the other Darrel Williams. Can Zayne Anderson replace Dan Sorensen as Reid's vital undrafted white BYU safety? Cobb or Rozeboom replace DoD as a STs linebacker? I mean they're gonna need more cheap talent than a set of draft picks can plow into the system. As Stars/Scrubs as this season roster can appear, next years will be even more stark. Man I hope they are right about Tim Ward and he's not gonna be a piece we regret losing. Sure seems like he'd have been a handy guy to have around next season.
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