RiverDog wrote:Richardson and Brown are no brainers IMO.
Graham is going to be way too expensive. We'd probably be better off trying to see if Luke will take a home town discount. Vanett looked pretty good vs. the Eagles and if he continues to impress, he might make Luke expendable.
Shead is going to be interesting if he comes back and plays well at the end of the season. You can't have enough cornerbacks.
mykc14 wrote:Looking at next years salary cap we have about 8 mil (without a cap increase) to spend. Obviously that’s not very much. We can save 7.5 mil if Avril retires or is released, about 5 mil letting Lane go, and 2 mil cutting loose Niko Thorpe. That’s another 14 or so mil we have to work with. A Sherman trade or release would free up another 11 mil.
There’s also a lot of potential to rework big contracts as Wilson, Wags, and Baldwin all have a big jump in their cap hit next year (Wilson goes from 14 to 23, Wags goes from 7 to 13, and Baldwin jumps from 4 to 12 mil).
With ET and Brown in the last year of their deals the are probably going to get extended this offseason which could free up a few more mill as well. Another guy that could be in this mix would be Sherm. They could save a few mil. by extending him as well.
So based on this if the cap increases 10 mil and the Hawks release or retire Avril, Lane, Thorpe and extend Brown and ET I would say the Hawks should have about 30 mil to work with next off-season. Re-doing Wilson and Wags could net them another 6 or 7 mil if they need it. That’s without doing anything with Sherm. The potential with him would be to save another 3 plus million to extend him or save 11 mil by cutting him loose or trading him...
Really the Hawks are set up pretty nicely to create cap if they need it.
Hawk Sista wrote:At the beginning of the year, I would have had completely different answers and they are likely to change. Brown, Richardson, & Graham could all be possible if Kam and Avril don't return. We will see. Right now,
I Need: Brown, Richardson, & Graham (+ a kicker and a back-up QB)
I'd like: (if the price is right): Willson, P-Rich, Maxi and Joeckel
C-Ya: Lacy, Willhoite, Shead, Aboushi
mykc14 wrote:Looking at next years salary cap we have about 8 mil (without a cap increase) to spend. Obviously that’s not very much. We can save 7.5 mil if Avril retires or is released, about 5 mil letting Lane go, and 2 mil cutting loose Niko Thorpe. That’s another 14 or so mil we have to work with. A Sherman trade or release would free up another 11 mil.
There’s also a lot of potential to rework big contracts as Wilson, Wags, and Baldwin all have a big jump in their cap hit next year (Wilson goes from 14 to 23, Wags goes from 7 to 13, and Baldwin jumps from 4 to 12 mil).
With ET and Brown in the last year of their deals the are probably going to get extended this offseason which could free up a few more mill as well. Another guy that could be in this mix would be Sherm. They could save a few mil. by extending him as well.
So based on this if the cap increases 10 mil and the Hawks release or retire Avril, Lane, Thorpe and extend Brown and ET I would say the Hawks should have about 30 mil to work with next off-season. Re-doing Wilson and Wags could net them another 6 or 7 mil if they need it. That’s without doing anything with Sherm. The potential with him would be to save another 3 plus million to extend him or save 11 mil by cutting him loose or trading him...
Really the Hawks are set up pretty nicely to create cap if they need it.
idhawkman wrote:
Do you really think there's going to be any increase in cap this year given the revenue losses the players have caused? I see the cap going down if anything.
idhawkman wrote:Do you really think there's going to be any increase in cap this year given the revenue losses the players have caused? I see the cap going down if anything.
Hawk Sista wrote:I cannot disagree with anyone's suggestions on who we need (or want). I'd like them all, save a few...but that simply cannot happen. I've ranked the chubby Richardson so highly because I have really been liking Sheldon here lately. I think his disruptive push up the middle (and that awesome forced fumble) was the key to our beating Philly. With Cliff gone, likely - Sheldon feels even more important and you cannot have too many super-freaky DTs, IMHO. (yes, I know Cliff is a DE)
Still, I love P-Rich and Willson and Shead could be valuable if he gets healthy. See, I told you guys I'd suck at being GM. Maybe we put them all in ring and have them fight it out and come up with contracts that let us keep our studs.
NorthHawk wrote:Vannett is coming on lately so he should be able to fill some of the roles that Willson played - and he's a better blocker.
Someone mentioned him to be like a Zach Miller type and I see the similarities. He might just end up being a very good all around TE at some point.
NorthHawk wrote:The report from league meetings is the Cap will increase from 7-11 million $$ to up to as much as $178,000,000.
This years Cap is $167,000,000.
That should help with re-signing decisions.
idhawkman wrote:I'm mildly shocked at this news.
idhawkman wrote:I'm mildly shocked at this news.
RiverDog wrote:
In what way were you mildly shocked? It went up about 7% last year, and if North's numbers are correct, it's going to be close to that again this season, perhaps a little less.
NorthHawk wrote:The report from league meetings is the Cap will increase from 7-11 million $$ to up to as much as $178,000,000.
This years Cap is $167,000,000.
That should help with re-signing decisions.
idhawkman wrote:I'm mildly shocked at this news.
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