11 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

There are some egregious salaries in there. As good as Howie is, that Alshon contract is as bad as it gets. McLeod costs more to cut than keep. We only save $1M by cutting Malik Jackson. 

which makes Jalen Hurts pick even more head scratching.  They should have done everything in their power to add young, cheap potential starters to the team moving forward.  Best case scenario, Hurts never sees the field.  They could have added a potential year 2 starter at d-tackle, corner or guard instead of a back-up quarterback.

They are going to have to be super creative with these salaries next year and beyond.

12 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

This is fun to look at and find $60-70M plus I’ve enough space for draft picks and other FAs. 

Looking at this list most likely Jeffery, M Jackson, D Jackson, and McCloud won't be here. There's 48 mil. Also there's a chance that Graham could go and Kelce has been talking retirement for a couple of years. There's another 26 mil.

I really don't think it's as bad as it looks. Of course i'm not taking contract language into account

4 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Cutting DJax, Alshon, Malik, Barnett and Goodwin in the 2021 offseason clears $31M. 

Let’s say the salary cap is $10M higher than the floor that was established today.  We still have to find $30M in cap space and we’re running out of players to restructure. 

Wentz is an obvious one, possibly Hargrave. Cox will be 30 next season. You don’t want to get caught holding the bag. Graham already has an ugly contract with major dead money. Lane and Ertz I’ve played this game a number of times. Brooks could be restructured but with his injuries do you want to go that route?

Kelce/Graham retirements will save lots of money too.

3 minutes ago, Asg 15 said:

Looking at this list most likely Jeffery, M Jackson, D Jackson, and McCloud won't be here. There's 48 mil. Also there's a chance that Graham could go and Kelce has been talking retirement for a couple of years. There's another 26 mil.

I really don't think it's as bad as it looks. Of course i'm not taking contract language into account

That's the issue with a lot of these guys. Like McLoud, for example, would be $1M MORE to cut him than just keep him. So he's staying.

7 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Its an option but doesn't help them get under the cap or open up anything for FA. It would be good for your rookie pool though.

Yup it’s sucks. However the 1 mil they get cutting prior really isn’t all that much of a help either. It is going to look like a bad contract if he doesn’t play well this year. Frankly wasn’t thrilled with the details of the contract when they emerged.

19 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

makes more sense to cut malik jackson as a post June 1 cut next year then just getting the 1 mil prior.  

That’s true. I forgot about the June 1 designation.  

11 minutes ago, RLC said:

Kelce/Graham retirements will save lots of money too.

I doubt Graham is retiring. Kelce retiring opens up a whole different problem. 

12 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Yup it’s sucks. However the 1 mil they get cutting prior really isn’t all that much of a help either. It is going to look like a bad contract if he doesn’t play well this year. Frankly wasn’t thrilled with the details of the contract when they emerged.

That is another head scratching move by Howie. He restructured his contract after he got hurt which makes it harder to move on after 2020. No idea why he thought that was necessary.

1 minute ago, ManuManu said:

I doubt Graham is retiring. Kelce retiring opens up a whole different problem. 

In a normal year I would have said if BG has a down year I could see him at least entertain retirement but lord knows there are going to be lots of asterisks on this season so those fringe retirement players might find it harder to walk away when they know it wasn't 100% an ideal season. 

12 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

That's the issue with a lot of these guys. Like McLoud, for example, would be $1M MORE to cut him than just keep him. So he's staying.

Just to piggyback your post and to clarify for those who don’t pay attention to cap stuff, people need to take the 2021 salary cap number and subtract the dead cap. That’s how much money is actually saved. 

So yeah, that McLeod contract is a really weird one. He’s not a bad player, but I don’t see why we had to structure the deal that way, all but guaranteeing him a roster spot at age 31.

2 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

In a normal year I would have said if BG has a down year I could see him at least entertain retirement but lord knows there are going to be lots of asterisks on this season so those fringe retirement players might find it harder to walk away when they know it wasn't 100% an ideal season. 

Graham’s salary is $13M in 2021. He’s not walking away from that. If we cut him, we save less than a million dollars. If he’s post June 1, it’s a $8.6M cap hit in 2021 and 2022. 

40 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

The other way to look at it is that he has their most important player on what looks like a very reasonable deal.  I think everything after that is workable.  

True. Compared to other highly paid qbs Wentz is on a very reasonable deal

 

Wentz and Cox's salaries are humongous next year.Gosh. 25% of the cap is being spent on 3 players. Wow.

Some big work for the FO.

10 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Graham’s salary is $13M in 2021. He’s not walking away from that. If we cut him, we save less than a million dollars. If he’s post June 1, it’s a $8.6M cap hit in 2021 and 2022. 

So basically 2 more years of BG, not that it's a bad thing.

Just now, UK Eagle said:

Wentz and Cox's salaries are humongous next year.Gosh. 25% of the cap is being spent on 3 players. Wow.

Some big work for the FO.

This is why I think you have to move on from Ertz after this year.  You can't have 25% in 3 players and then tie up another chunk to 2 players at the same position.  

3 minutes ago, UK Eagle said:

Wentz and Cox's salaries are humongous next year.Gosh. 25% of the cap is being spent on 3 players. Wow.

Some big work for the FO.

Whose the 3rd?

6 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

This is why I think you have to move on from Ertz after this year.  You can't have 25% in 3 players and then tie up another chunk to 2 players at the same position.  

Especially with Goedert on the team.  It almost makes too much sense

6 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

So basically 2 more years of BG, not that it's a bad thing.

This is why I think you have to move on from Ertz after this year.  You can't have 25% in 3 players and then tie up another chunk to 2 players at the same position.  

I doubt they move on from Ertz

Is he the 3rd? They can't restructure his?

4 minutes ago, Utebird said:

Whose the 3rd?

Alshon

Just now, UK Eagle said:

Alshon

Horrible contract. Howie got emotional with that and Jacksons

Well, I see that beast has hijacked the Blog again. 

Just now, Mike030270 said:

Horrible contract. Howie got emotional with that and Jacksonsa

Yeah. And he's not that easy to cut either.  Making that roster vaguely near the cap number is brutal work - Wentz and Cox will need to restructure, plus Graham and Johnson too

Ben made his second 3 point attempt.  Super Bowlzzzzz!!!

Just now, UK Eagle said:

Yeah. And he's not that easy to cut either.  Making that roster vaguely near the cap number is brutal work - Wentz and Cox will need to restructure, plus Graham and Johnson too

Plus the part that Alshon may not even play this season even if they have a season. Just a horrible contract

6 minutes ago, UK Eagle said:

Alshon

Uggg, that contract is just so odd. Howie has been so good at cap and contract evals over the years and how those contracts are constructed, im thinking maybe Howie took a shot from Doug Pedersons water bottle when drafting this contract cuz its whack🤪